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Facebook blocks Australia’s news

The social giant takes down news content ahead of a new law that would force it to pay media publishers. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones.

The social giant takes down news content ahead of a new law that would force it to pay media publishers. Plus, are digital vaccine certificates or passports essential for a return to normal life or a bad idea that could entrench inequality? And yet more evidence that the global auto industry is racing to electric vehicles. Presented by Rory Cellan-Jones, with Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ tech reporter David Molloy. Produced by Jat Gill.

(Image: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Credit: Getty Images).

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