The appointment places Shah in charge of one of the world’s largest messaging platforms beyond private messaging into business communication and payments.

Victorian Opposition Leader Jess Wilson also called on the government to confirm that no taxpayer funds had been used to purchase followers.

Research shows that females and journalists from minority communities are exposed to higher levels of digital hazards.

It’s a much easier process – but also likely to be a much smaller payment.

The report particularly focuses on pro-Khalistani leaders ability to influence Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government, citing their push to amend a 2018 terrorism report linked to the 1985 Air India bombing..

The social media parent company Meta blames a technical error for deleted posts.

"We found that the network used compromised and fake accounts to pose as Sikhs, post content, and manage Pages and Groups."

It’s also likely to have a chilling effect, stopping content creators from engaging politically altogether.

Meta has now decided that the cost of providing news in Australia is too high.

Australia was the first to introduce a law requiring platforms to compensate news companies, followed by Canada.