Facebook switches news back on in Australia, signs content deals


FILE PHOTO A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen in front of a displayed Australian flag in this illustration photo taken February 18 2021. REUTERSDado RuvicIllustrationFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen in front of a displayed Australian flag in this illustration photo taken February 18, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Facebook Inc ended a one-week blackout of Australian news on its popular social media site on Friday and announced preliminary commercial agreements with three small local publishers.

The moves reflected easing tensions between the U.S. company and the Australian government, a day after the country's parliament passed a law forcing it and Alphabet Inc's Google to pay local media companies for using content on their platforms.

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