Josh Frydenberg and Mark Zuckerberg to talk over Facebook news ban

Steve Evans
Updated February 19 2021 - 9:05am, first published 8:30am
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg are set to talk over the Facebook news stand-off. Pictures: Shutterstock, Sitthixay Ditthavong
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg are set to talk over the Facebook news stand-off. Pictures: Shutterstock, Sitthixay Ditthavong

The Government and Facebook are to talk later today in an attempt to find a way back from their stand-off after the social media company blocked news from its platform.

Steve Evans

Steve Evans

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Steve Evans is a reporter on The Canberra Times. He's been a BBC correspondent in New York, London, Berlin and Seoul and the sole reporter/photographer/paper deliverer on The Glen Innes Examiner in country New South Wales. "All the jobs have been fascinating - and so it continues."