DISINFORMED: Facebook’s bans news in Australia is silencing activists

Update: 2021-02-21

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Facebook’s hasty ban on all news content in Australia has already had far reaching consequences. Digital organizer and founder of OrganiseUs, Tabatha Fulker, explains the impact this is already having on digital activists in Australia.

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