Britain must find a way to deal with Facebook in wake of Australia’s news blackout, government warns

Britain needs to find a way of dealing with technology giants such as Facebook after the social media company blocked all news content in Australia, the government warned today.    The warning comes as Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the country’s fight to make Facebook pay for news content could go global as he has … Read more

Facebook is DOWN! Users across North America report total blackout or issues with News Feed

Facebook is DOWN! Thousands of user across North and South America report a total blackout or issues with News Feed on the desktop site and app Facebook has gone down in North America, causing issues for over 11,000 users Outage reports surfaced around 4pm ET Wednesday and have spiked since  Many users are reporting a total … Read more

Laurence Fox shares a flippant reference to Blackout Tuesday

Laurence Fox sparks a furious backlash after sharing flippant ‘Instagram seems to be broken’ reference to Blackout Tuesday The controversial actor has using his Twitter platform to comment on the Blackout Tuesday movement currently sweeping across social media In an act of solidarity, millions across the world have boycotted social media by filling their Instagram … Read more

From Jo Brand on Table Manners to the eight-part drama Blackout: This week’s top podcasts

From Jo Brand on Table Manners to the eight-part drama Blackout, Castaway and The Coronavirus Podcast, this week’s top podcasts By Leaf Arbuthnot Published: 22:01 GMT, 21 March 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 21 March 2020 Table Manners  Every week on this big-hearted podcast, singer Jessie Ware and her mum Lennie invite a celebrity guest … Read more