Internet search giant Google has admitted that it has been intermittently blocking some Australian news sites from search users.
ACCC chairman Rod Sims made the case at a Reuters conference on Tuesday night for a code to address the tech giants' power.The multinational technology giant said on Wednesday it had been running "experiments” on searches for newspaper websites including"We're currently running a few experiments that will each reach about 1 per cent of Google Search users in Australia to measure the impacts of news businesses and Google Search on each other,” a spokesman said.
"We remain committed to getting to a workable code and look forward to working with the Senate committee, policymakers and publishers to achieve an outcome that's fair for everyone, in the interests of all Australians,” the spokesman said. However, users landing on Google's Australian search page are greeted with a message claiming there are widespread concerns about the new code.
"At the same time, Google are now demonstrating how easily they can make Australian news providers who fall out of their favour effectively disappear from the internet — a chilling illustration of their extraordinary market power.”
Can I suggest people switch their search engine to duckduckgo they don’t sell your data.
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