https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/feb/24/facebook-over-enforced-australia-news-ban-admits-nick-clegg

Communications chief defends reversed ban, saying it is unfair to force tech firms to pay for news content

Facebook “erred on the side of over-enforcement” in removing links to hundreds of non-media organisations in Australia, Nick Clegg has admitted, in a blogpost defending the social media company’s short-lived news ban there.