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The former CEO of Facebook has slammed Mark Zuckerberg's 'sad' decision to block news in Australia, while encouraging Aussies to delete the app out of protest.

The US social media giant has infuriated Australians after blocking them from reading and sharing local news in response to a world-first law to make tech giants pay media companies for the content they use. From Thursday, when Australians went to reliable Facebook news accounts they were met with a message saying 'no posts' were available. Even overseas news was hidden. 

Stephen Scheeler, former Facebook Australia and New Zealand chief executive officer, said Facebook's controversial move 'looks and feels ugly' and blasted CEO Mark Zuckerberg's motivations.