Why Facebook banned news on its platform in Australia

For Australian media, Facebook has left the chat.

Responding toproposedAustralian legislation to force tech giants to pay for news on their platforms, Facebook has pre-emptively moved to block users from seeing and sharing newson its platform.Australian users cannot view or share contentfrom domesticor international newssources while users outside Australia cannot share news from Australian sources.

James Temperton is digital editor ofWired's U.K. edition and host of the Wired podcast. Today on Front Burner, he reports on Facebook's Australia news ban and shares his thoughts on what other countries can learn from it as Canada considers a similar move.

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