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Will Britain face down Facebook?

For five days in February, people in Australia experienced a version of Facebook that many may wish they could keep: all of the news had disappeared.

Following a dispute with the Australian government over a proposed new law that would see tech giants paying a fee to link to news stories, Facebook pulled the plug on news.

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