Google has handed millions to News Corp, owned by Rupert Murdoch, 89, (pictured with wife Jerry Hall, 64, in 2019)
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is under pressure to make sure Google doesn t wriggle out of a proposed law regulating big tech by handing over millions to the likes of Rupert Murdoch.
The world-first law, which is set to pass Parliament this week, was drawn up to tackle the huge power of Google and Facebook by forcing them to pay media companies for the news content they host and reveal some of their closely-guarded algorithms and data.
But experts say Google is trying to avoid the rules by handing over millions of dollars to a few big companies including Seven, Nine and Rupert Murdoch s News Corp after Mr Frydenberg flagged he may exclude it if deals are made.
The women who have been phoning and messaging me over the past week are furious, but it is so hard to get them to speak up publicly, writes Louise Milligan.
The new law, set to pass next week, was drawn up by the government to tackle the huge power of Google and Facebook by forcing them to pay media companies for the news content they host.
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Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has slammed Facebook for threatening to restrict individual users from posting news content to the platform because they don't want to pay for it.
It comes after Facebook threatened to remove all news stories from the Australian branch of its platform if the Morrison government passes through the proposed news media code.
The code seeks to force digital giants to pay media outlets for news content on their platforms or face fines of up to $10 million.
“So, Senator Gallacher’s wife who uses Facebook, would not be able to post an article about Senator Gallacher’s speech in the senate that The Australian picked up, she wouldn’t be able to send that to her friends on Facebook, that’s what you’re suggesting?” Ms Hanson-Young asked.
Vice President of Public Policy at Facebook Simon Milner responded in the affirmative and implied the drafted legislation would be the cause of the ban on Facebook users.
“But it’s not going to be sha