Meta is ‘reckless’ in ‘need-to-know situations’, Canada warns Australia as it braces for early bushfire season
by Tory Shepherd from World news | The Guardian on (#6SEP6)
Heritage minister says Facebook made room for misinformation' after turning news off in 2023 as Australia mulls actions that could lead to Meta doing the same
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Twelve months on from Canada's worst-ever wildfire season unfolding during a news blackout on Facebook, the nation has warned Australia about Meta's reckless" behaviour during need-to-know situations".
An early start to Australia's bushfire season is looming for swaths of the country, with large parts of Queensland and the Northern Territory, the south-west of Victoria and south-east corner of South Australia facing higher risk, according to an official assessment in September.
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