Yesterday – almost as quickly as the ban was introduced – the Federal Government announced that Facebook ‘intends to restore Australian news pages in the coming days’ after amendments were made to the News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code. In short, Facebook’s news ban worked and the government responded to get pages back up.
‘I started a public Google document to keep a record of affected pages and domains and to provide lists of affected pages and domains directly to Facebook,’ Bledsoe told ArtsHub. His list was open source so names could be added by anyone.
