Reaction to Facebook blocking Australian news

FILE PHOTO A Facebook logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken January 6 2020. REUTERSDado RuvicIllustrationFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: A Facebook logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken January 6, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The following are reactions from academics, politicians and NGOs after Facebook Inc blocked all Australian media content including official information on coronavirus, wildfires and other important services, in an escalating dispute over paying for content.

AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER SCOTT MORRISON, on his Facebook page:

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