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Facebook Banned the News From Australia. This Is How It Happened.

Post author By Jennifer Chance
Post date March 9, 2021
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While the ban was reversed the following week due to modifications in the proposed media legislation, Facebook’s ban highlights the powerful role that Big Tech plays in regulating online content and choosing what information gets to be viewed by its users.

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Disturbing the Peace: Deteriorating Sino-Australian Relations in the Asian Century

Post author By Sarah Knight
Post date January 16, 2021
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Australia’s desire to exhibit international leadership has run counter to Sino-Australian peace. In April 2020 Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison led the calls for a World Health Organization investigation into the origins of COVID-19 in China, prompting a freeze on diplomatic relations which has endured throughout 2020 into 2021.

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