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Facebook lobbied against Australian privacy regulations, flying in the face of Mark Zuckerberg’s PR push

Posted on May 26, 2019June 25, 2025 by Dissent

Aleks Vickovich reports:

Facebook has been trying hard to calm the world’s nerves about privacy concerns, with founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg even penning a wordy statement outlining his “privacy-focused vision”.

But a report published by the ABC has thrown cold water over the social giant’s public relations campaign on privacy, alleging that Facebook officials in Australia took steps to lobby against plans of the then-Labor federal government to expand privacy protections.

Read more on Business Insider Australia.

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