Today on The Fold, Duncan Greive analyses a shocking development in the global pushback against big tech.

Facebook has made the monumental decision to block all people and publications in Australia from posting news content, after a long battle between the Australian government and the social media giant.

The implications of this action are already being felt as many Australian-based Facebook pages are shut down, and the potential implications could change how people around the world access news.

On this episode of The Fold, Duncan Greive explains how it got to this point, and what could happen next for Australia's news media.

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