Papua New Guinea's government has shut down social media platform Facebook, in what it describes as a "test" to mitigate hate speech, misinformation, pornography and "other detrimental content".
The test, conducted under the country's anti-terrorism laws, began on Monday morning and has extended into Tuesday.
Facebook users in the country have been unable to log-in to the platform and it is unclear how long the ban will go on for.
PNG Police Minister Peter Tsiamalili says the objective of the test is to 'regulate harmful content'.
"However, the unchecked proliferation of fake news, hate speech, pornography, child exploitation, and incitement to violence on platforms such as Facebook is unacceptable.
"Yesterday, the police minister used the anti terrorism act to shut down Facebook, [that] was just a test, that was step one," he said.
Papua New Guinea is not the first Pacific country to move down the path of a Facebook ban. »