Greens demand answers after Australians temporarily unable to post news links to Instagram and Threads
by Josh Taylor from World news | The Guardian on (#6PXAH)
Sarah Hanson-Young wrote to Meta demanding to know if social media giant was test-running a news ban
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Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young is demanding answers from Meta after Australian users were unable to post links to Australian news outlets on Threads and Instagram on Monday, sparking fears that news was being blocked on the social media sites. The company called it an error.
Publisher accounts were still able to post in some cases, but individual user accounts were unable to post links, including to the Sydney Morning Herald, ABC and Crikey, as well as some global sites such as the Guardian. International sites such as the New York Times appeared to be unaffected. The incident was first reported by Crikey.
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