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They're banning emergency services as well ("by mistake").

They probably just want to increase the backlash. The emergency services Facebook pages will obviously be back within hours.

I live in Australia but I don't have a Facebook account and I don't read the fake news media, so I actually don't have a horse in this race. I hope they both mutually destruct each other.


Pretty much the same, deleted the apps years ago, I log on with an isolated browser profile every few months to see what madness the crazy uncle posts.

FB Messenger is hard to dislodge though, for so many people it is their main comms system. Likewise WhatsApp. Luckily I have a burner phone for those, location features turned off.

Govt will probably come crawling back to fb on its belly. If they don't the ALP will.


> fake news media

Uuugh we all know that media is undoubtedly biased, and a lot is quite skewed to match an agenda.. But can we please refrain from regurgitating that Trump campaign catchphrase?


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