Facebook refriends Australia after face-off over news

Published: Feb. 27, 2021, 8:10 p.m.

Last week Facebook turned off Australian users’ access to news over a looming law change to make them pay to distribute it. This week news is back in their feeds after a face-off with the government there. Australia’s been praised for taking Zuckerberg on - but would news media be better off in the long run without Facebook?