Facebook says it ‘erred on the side of over-enforcement’ when blocking news content in week-long standoff in Australia

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Social media giant Facebook said Wednesday it “inadvertently” blocked some content including a large swathe of charity and state health pages when it imposed a week-long ban on news in a standoff over Australia’s new media code.

The admission of error comes a day after Facebook agreed to reverse its prohibition on Australian news content after the federal government in Canberra agreed to make changes to its code that planned to make tech companies pay news organizations for content they produce.

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