Google has threatened to remove its search engine from Australia over the nation's attempt to make the tech giant share royalties with news publishers.
Google Australia managing director Mel Silva told a Senate hearing on Friday that the laws were "unworkable". The government has argued that because the tech platforms gain customers from people who want to read the news, the tech giants should pay newsrooms a "fair" amount for their journalism. Google's threat to remove its primary product is its most severe yet, amid a debate that is being closely watched by other nations.Earlier this week, US trade representatives urged Australia to drop the laws which they said attempted regulation "to the clear detriment of two US firms".Ms Silva said the laws would set "an untenable precedent for our businesses and the digital economy" if the company had to pay for link and search results.
Trouble29670920 Don’t threaten them with a good time!
Time to switch to ecosia . they pay taxes, don't track you and plant trees.
and yet they have agreed to pay French news agencies for the same thing? I think this raises some pretty hard questions don't you? methinks this is on par with their poor corporate citizen history of 'doing evil' sadly
It would be very interesting to see what fills the gap if google pulls
'Good media is essential for a fair democracy.'. Wow way to dig your own grave BBC. You just hit the nail on the head. That's the problem. Media isn't good. It's their fault the fucking US Capitol and democrisy was nearly over run. Google SHOULD abandon you.
not a peep while trump held their lead
Does that mean we will get less Murdoch muck? r4today Brexit
Other search engines are available.
Lucky Australia
First they came for Trump then......................................
Without Google how will people search for things? Oh yes, one of the many other search engines or better still, a VPN.
Google is just to big. It's time for change. I don't use google search, DuckDuckGo is just as good and they don't track you.
Rightly or wrongly, I’m starting to see that these tech giants are manipulating the way we think and live, their got far too much power, or on the flip side of it, we use them and are addicted of using these social media type companies
what a disgrace, google behaving like a child. What? no other options than to pull the plug..
Will news outlets be paying google/facebook for stories from their digital platform when used in news reports. A front to prop up failing Murdoch's news media. Takes money from public broadcaster to give to fox media so they can charge u for sports that use to be free 2 air tv.
Big tech need to be reigned in. Their fk u attitude will lead to more countries imposing restrictions on them. Google is an influential monopoly that needs to follow national rules not make their own.
Go for it there are plenty of other search engines available. Hold strong Aus 💪 🇦🇺
TOBIAS!
What would macgyver do? What would elonmusk say? Use DuckDuckGo !
Yaaaay. You mean to say that Google finally will NOT be biasing the results of my searches See if anyone cares.
Monopoly is the menace of free enterprise
Get after Australia! Ban google. Others will follow
That's what they've played in China. Now they want to play it again. lol Pretty funny topic. Maybe in US citizens' thought, Australia is not a friend but a servant or slave
Private company etc...
But then Australian Government makes a valid point. To think that media newsrooms source out the stories, which in turn are the content for which people log onto Google... 🤔 I see a few more countries following suit very soon.
NO! This is not how the internet works! Search engines provide traffic for these news outlets. YOU the reader would have to type the URL directly into the seach bar to access the outlets websites, without an SE like Google providing results for you!
They can move to Baidu then😀
Social media company has grown too big..Big bully
They have a very valid point actually. News needs to be able to be trusted for the sake of democracy. The biggest problem liberal democracy has faced in recent years has been down to the citizen's within liberal democracies never really being exposed to genuine propaganda.
This brinkmanship cannot possibly work for Google. It's like saying 'give in to my demands or I will throw a tantrum'. They do know there are alternative search engines, right?
Upside down.... boy... you turn me...
Why don't they just charge subscribers like the Washington Post does? Or other print media? I know that the LA times and others Ask me to subscribe after I view a certain number of articles for free each month. If I don't I can't read the article that I want.
They should leave on principle now.
Wandering how Australia keeping Google out or how Google is going to quit?
Bye bye Google
Well done Australia.
Block Google Australia! Use DuckDuckGo
Use Ecosia instead..just as good while also contributing to saving environment and countering climate change. Something Australia seriously needs to address
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