News Traffic in Australia Drops After Facebook Link-Sharing Ban

Posted Friday, February 19, 2021 2:45 pm

Sara Fischer | Axios

Traffic to Australian news sites within Australia from Facebook links plummeted following Facebook's decision to stop allowing users and publishers to share links on its platform Wednesday, according to data from Chartbeat.

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