The development comes as the company barred Australians from posting or sharing news stories, as well as blocking all news-related content in the country over a local.
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The federal government says Facebook’s push against the media bargaining code has become a matter of national sovereignty, as neither side yielded during fresh talks on Friday between Josh Frydenberg and Mark Zuckerberg.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said while the government was prepared to discuss “technical issues” with Facebook regarding the new laws, there would be no giving ground on the substance which required the tech giant to pay Australian media organisations for using their content.
Battle of the Bergs. Talks between Mark Zuckerberg, left, and Josh Frydenberg failed to break the impasse.
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“This is Australia, if you want to do business here, you work according to our rules. That is a reasonable proposition,” he said.