By Jazz Shaw After blocking links to all news content in Australia, Facebook has reportedly “friended” the country again by coming back to the negotiating…
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BY AAP Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Facebook has “friended us again” and talks have resumed after the social media giant accidentally shut public information accounts. Morrison…
By Alexandra Steigrad The former chief executive of Facebook’s Australian business urged users to delete the social network’s app in response to Mark Zuckerberg’s “sad” decision…
By Marty Silk The Facebook pages of Australia’s Queensland, South Australia, ACT Health, the WA Fire and Emergency Services, and the Bureau of Meteorology have been blocked after…
By Rebel News Australian MP Craig Kelly has been suspended from Facebook following posts touting the benefits of hydroxychloroquine as treatment for COVID-19. Kelly, an outspoken…
By JEFF MAPLES In a drastic move, the Australian province of Victoria has now criminalized prayer that seeks to change one’s sexual orientation. Under the…
By JOHN HAYWARD Police used a water cannon against protesters in Myanmar’s capital of Naypyidaw on Sunday as protests against last week’s coup continued to…
By Tyler Durden The Australian government has possibly obtained a rare, partial victory in its standoff with Google. The US-based tech giant has appeared to reverse course as…
BY EPOCH TIMES STAFF When a Halloween party sparked a COVID-19 outbreak at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, school officials conducted rapid screening on more than…
Tim Berners-Lee says Aussie law would break a fundamental principle of the Web. TIMOTHY B. LEE Google says it would have “no real choice” but…
By Brandon Smith Six months ago amid the panic and the hype surrounding the coronavirus outbreak the New Zealand government made an announcement that went…
By BBC News The Australian city of Brisbane has begun a snap three-day lockdown after a cleaner in its hotel quarantine system became infected…
BY TYLER DURDEN When Pope Benedict in 2013 took the almost unprecedented action of stepping down from the papacy (given that all or most popes…
BY TYLER DURDEN Australia remains a key nation among the so-called “Five Eyes” intelligence-sharing alliance comprised also of Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the…
By Simon Kent Twitter on Tuesday rejected Canberra’s calls to remove a Beijing official’s gruesome tweet targeting Australian troops, choosing instead to stand with the…
By Ian Miles Cheong Australia has called for China to apologize for posting a “repugnant” image propagandizing the country’s military role in Afghanistan. The image…
BY ELLA KIETLINSKA U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper welcomed Australia’s decision to participate in military exercises in the Indo-Pacific region together with India, Japan, and the United States. “Pleased to…
By Tyler Durden We’ve previously detailed protests that have sprung up in various major cities across the Australian continent over authorities’ ultra-restrictive coronavirus lockdown measures, which…