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Facebook, Instagram and Facebook Messenger are suffering a prolonged outage across a number of countries, with the social media firm saying it is aware of a problem in some areas, but denying that it is due to a DDoS attack.

Does anyone remember the days when the Web was a place for the free and open exchange of ideas before the days of demonetisation, deplatforming and the eradication of comments from mainstream news sites? Those days may be about to return with a brilliant new online app.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's preliminary report from its digital platforms inquiry has taken a "near-exclusive focus on protecting certain publishers from disruption and competition" and is at odds with the competition watchdog's mandate, the Australian arm of social media behemoth Facebook claims.