The Australian prime minister says he's glad Facebook is "back at the table" for discussions over the Australian government's media bargaining code, jesting the US tech giant has "tentatively friended us again."
However, the company shows no sign of backing down after banning access to news and information pages across Australia in response to the code.
Senior Facebook Asia-Pacific executive Simon Milner was forced to apologise after the company accidentally also banned access to accounts run by government bodies and state health departments.
This came before the national rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine from Monday.
Scott Morrison said he welcomed Mr Milner's apology, adding that Facebook's closure of the public information accounts was indefensible
This week on the panel Newstalk ZB Breakfast Newsreader Niva Retimanu to discuss Facebook's ban on news in Australia.
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