Facebook’s head of policy in the Asia-Pacific argues it was the government’s proposed law — and not a failure to test their algorithm — that pushed them to “inadvertently” block emergency services pages during bushfire season.
Key points:
- A senior Facebook executive chose not to apologise to a small business owner affected by its attempt to block news today
- Prime Minister Scott Morrison has described Facebook’s action as arrogant and disappointing
- Facebook attempted to remove news content from its platform today but “inadvertently” included health, emergency services and non-news business pages
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has hammered the social media giant over its actions, dubbing them arrogant and disappointing.
Simon Milner,…
