https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-media-facebook-history/facebooks-australia-news-blackout-a-shock-four-years-in-the-making-idUSKBN2AJ1B4 >Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg was as shocked as anyone when he learned that Facebook Inc had blocked news content from its website in his country at 5:30 a.m. on Thursday.