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Discussions between the federal government and Facebook are taking place over the weekend, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has revealed, and his talks with Mark Zuckerberg were constructive - but the stand-off hasn’t ended yet.

After wiping all traces of news from the feeds of Aussie Facebook users, a senior exec has apologised for the tech giant’s “mistakes'.

Facebook has "tentatively friended" Australia again after a major backlash over its decision to block the country's news websites. The tech giant is pulling news content from its platform in Australia, over a new law proposal that compels internet firms to pay news organisations. Australian politicians are considering forcing digital businesses to reach paid-for-news agreements with media companies with draft legislation that could create a...

URL copied Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks at a press conference. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called for curbing Facebooks influence after the technology giant banned Australians from accessing some news content on the social media platform in response to the governments proposed media bargaining code. The pages of health departments, governments, fire services and the Bureau of Meteorology were also wiped on Thursday. In a post on Facebook on Thursday...

Critics of Australian media law ask: does it effectively make Google and Facebook pay for clicks and might it mark the end of free access?

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called for curbing Facebooks influence after the technology giant banned Australians from accessing some news content on the social media platform in response to the governments proposed media bargaining

Why Facebook’s local boss doesn’t do news Feb 19, 2021 – 5.03pm Save Share Facebook and its local boss Will Easton aren’t big on news. The tech giant certainly hasn’t valued it. That much was clear way back in 2014 when The Australian Financial Review’s BOSS was granted a rare insight into the famously secretive tech giant, spending a day inside its Australian HQ in Sydney with the CEO Easton. It was also reinforced earlier this year, when Easton snubbed a parlia...

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called for curbing Facebooks influence, after the technology giant banned Australians from accessing some news content on the social media platform in response to the governments proposed media ...

A Facebook executive apologises for blocking health and emergency services pages in Australia but signals it will not back down in a dispute with the country's government.

Facebook has been quietly plotting to axe news services for months while paying lip service to Australias political leaders.