#WaitingOnZuck: the Tug of War Between Facebook and Independent Publishers

Date: 31 August, 2022

In March this year, more than 50 independent Australian websites decided to stop the news. For 24 hours titles such as Broadsheet and Pro Bono News put a freeze on publishing any new stories or articles, in response to Facebook overlooking independent publishers via commercial deals or the company’s Australian News Fund. The initiative was called #WaitingOnZuck, and it was a pointed one.