Facebook slammed for 'attack on local journalism' after third site 'restricted'

Facebook slammed for 'attack on local journalism' after third site 'restricted'

Restrictions hitting local news pages on Facebook have been described as “an attack on local journalism”. Iliffe Media’s Kent Online was the latest site affected, spending a week with its presence in the Facebook news feed “restricted”. Kent Online saw referral traffic from Facebook down by about 48% week on week as a result. Its page, which has 234,000 followers, was restricted after publishing a link to a court story by crown court reporter Ju…