DOWN UNDER: Facebook is under pressure in Australia to take down a page that insults Aborigines with depictions of indigenous Australians as drunks and welfare cheats.
JURISDICTION: The government accuses Facebook of using its U.S. base to avoid Australian anti-discrimination laws. Facebook says it sometimes restricts access to content that violates local law and was in talks with Race Discrimination Commissioner Helen Szoke.
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OTHER DEVELOPMENTS: The controversy comes after Australia’s advertising watchdog ruled that companies were responsible for comments left on their Facebook pages by members of the public.
