Facebook faced a backlash after blocking and banning users who attempted to share an article featuring a historical photo of Aboriginal men in chains from the 1890s. 

Shortly after then Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison claimed there was "no slavery in Australia," a statement he later retracted following public outcry, a post with a photo of Aboriginals in chains was published by the Western Australian Museum with the aim of educating people about the mistreatment of Indigenous Australians in the past. 

Initially, Facebook remo