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Undeterred by Facebook news blackout, Australia commits to content law

• Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison vows to press ahead with laws to force Facebook to pay news outlets for content.

AstraZeneca vaccine faces resistance in Europe after health workers suffer side effects

• This, after hospital staff and frontline workers called in sick because of side-effects, putting extra strain on already-stretched services.

Malaysian court fines news portal over readers’ comments on judiciary

• Malaysia’s highest court finds news portal Malaysiakini in contempt of court for reader comments.

FALSE: SC did not junk entire Marcos protest vs Robredo

• A video claiming the Supreme Court only partially rejected the electoral protest filed by former senator Bongbong Marcos against Vice President Leni Robredo is false.

NASA’s astrobiology rover Perseverance makes historic Mars landing

• NASA’s science rover Perseverance lands on Mars Thursday, February 18 – the most advanced astrobiology laboratory ever sent to another world.