It is confrontation between Facebook and the Australian government.
The social network founded by Mark Zuckerberg has blocked the sharing of links and news of users in Australia.
A decision that the premier of Canberra immediately described as "arrogant" reacting with anger: "We will not be intimidated", was the warning from Scott Morrison.
The unprecedented move by Fb is a form of retaliation against the law pending approval in Australia which would force web giants like Google and Facebook itself to pay publishers for sharing news.
A proposal, the Australian one, which according to the social network misunderstands its relations with publishers.
International publishers will be able to continue to post content on Facebook, but the links and posts will not be able to be seen or shared by the Australian public.
As a result, Facebook users were unable to view links to local or international media news this morning and people living overseas were unable to access Australian news.
Many local emergency services have also been penalized: the pages that contained news with reports of covid outbreaks, fires and meteorological phenomena, have disappeared from their Facebook pages.
Firefighters, medical services and emergency weather until yesterday used these pages to share relevant news.
Facebook later claimed that this was a mistake and many of these pages are now back online.
Despite the blockade put in place by the Fb, the Australian premier is still determined to move forward: the bill was approved on Wednesday by the lower house of Parliament and will probably be approved next week by the Senate as well.
In a statement posted on the social network, Morrison said that the big tech companies may be changing the world, but that doesn't mean they should manage it.
"Facebook's decision to unfriend Australia by blocking essential information on health and emergency services is as arrogant as it is regrettable," he said.
"I am in contact with the leaders of other nations on this issue. We will not be intimidated," he added.
He then urged Facebook to cooperate constructively with the government, "as Google recently demonstrated in good faith."
Google and Facebook have fought the Australian bill because they say it doesn't reflect how the Internet works and "unfairly penalizes" their platforms.
However, unlike the social network, Google has bypassed the obstacle by signing agreements with three major Australian media in recent days.
And not only.
The news came yesterday that the web giant has also agreed to pay Rupert Murdoch's News Corp for the content of news sites in its media empire.