VFD Australia: February 18
Facebook bans the news
FACEBOOK BANS NEWS
Facebook restricts sharing or viewing Australian and international news content (ABC)
Nine agrees to join Google News Showcase in Australia for reported $30m a year (Guardian)
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp signs global news deal with Google (Sydney Morning Herald)
Victoria’s snap COVID-19 lockdown ends, but regional businesses suffer (ABC)
Former Liberal staffer at the centre of the Brittany Higgins rape claim has reportedly checked himself into hospital in Sydney (news.com.au)
An anonymous tip at Parliament House sparked a security review last year to examine whether officials had interfered with a suspected crime scene later named in allegations of rape (Sydney Morning Herald)
World No.1 Ash Barty loses Australian Open quarterfinal to Czech Karolina Muchova 1-6 6-3 6-2 (Ausopen.com)
Tsitsipas shocks to beat Rafael Nadal in four hours and five minutes (The Guardian)
Rush Limbaugh dead at 70 (Sydney Morning Herald)