Austria court upholds Facebook ban for broadcaster

The Administrative Court was acting on an appeal from ORF, which challenged the regulators' conclusion that the broadcaster's Facebook presence gave it an unfair competitive edge against private broadcast and print media. The ruling did not affect ORF's news summaries posted on Facebook but was directed at other pages not directly linked to news.

The court on Wednesday said ORF's appeal of the regulators' decision earlier this year was "without merit."

The complaint was raised last year by Austrian newspaper publishers.