The Australian government has blinked first. Facebook has negotiated amendments to Australia's controversial "media bargaining code", and has agreed to restore news content for Australian users in the coming days. In a blogpost, Facebook said the Australian government has agreed to a number of amendments to the Media Bargaining Code following negotiations, and guaranteed to address the company's core concerns "about allowing commercial deals that recognize the value our platform provides to publishers relative to the value we receive from them". Campbell Brown, VP, Global News Partnerships, said that the Australian government had clarified that tech company will not have to pay for news. Brown said negotiations took place between Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, Communications Minister Paul Fletcher, and Mark Zuckerberg, reported the Sydney Morning Herald. According to publication, the last-minute amendments include a two-month mediation period that would give news publishers…
