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Details: Written by Bing News Search Results; Category: Social Media; Published: 08 December 2025; Created: 08 December 2025; Last Updated: 08 December 2025

When Stephen Scheeler became Facebook's Australia chief in the early 2010s, he was a true believer in the power of the internet, and social media, for public good. It would herald a new era of global ...
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Posted: 2025-12-08 02:42:00

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