Australia should take note of Papua New Guinea’s ban on Facebook and give local regulators greater powers to rein in US tech ...

Papua New Guinea police said Wednesday they had unblocked Facebook after cutting off access in the Pacific nation because of a "counter-terrorism" operation.

Facebook users in Papua New Guinea remain offline after the government carried out what it described as "testing" to regulate ...

Pacific nation Papua New Guinea opened an investigation Tuesday after losing access to Facebook during a police test of “innovative technology” to regulate online content. Meta’s Facebook and ...

The shutdown, enforced under the country’s anti-terrorism laws, began on Monday and has continued into Tuesday.

World: In 2021, the Solomon Islands under then-Prime Minister Mannaseh Sogavare proposed a similar Facebook ban, though it ...

Minister Tsiamalili also called on Meta, the parent company of Facebook, to work closely with the PNG government in promoting responsible platform usage. He warned that if social media companies ...