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Google has made a bold threat to Aussie internet users.

Google threatens to pause services in Australia if forced to pay news publishers Print this article Google threatened on Friday to block access to its search engine if the Australian government moved forward with a bill that would force it and Facebook to pay other companies for the right to use their content. Australias Parliament introduced a "world-first" bill in December 2020 that would force the two tech giants to negotiate with news outlets to determine "fair" payments for featuring the...

Date: 20 Apr 2021 The Coronavirus pandemic has had a huge impact on our lives with most organisations making a sudden switch to mass remote working. As restrictions are progressively eased, the impact continues, with organisations having to decide when to allow staff back into offices, what proportion of remote working should be expected, and how all of this should be supported.Take part in this virtual event to put your questions to the experts, and see what your peers have learnt from the pan...

‘World first’: Google threatens to disable search in Australia over proposed new law "We don’t respond to threats,” Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison hits back. PUBLISHED BY The search giant’s managing director Mel Silva warned a senate committee in Canberra that Google would disable search in Australia if the government’s proposed legislation becomes law. Industry analysts believe the threat is not frivolous and Google may walk away from $4 billion in revenue...

2 minutes read Sydney, Australia, Jan 20 (efe-epa).- The government of the United States and the inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, asked Australia, in separate submissions, to reconsider a proposed bill to make tech giants including Google and Facebook to pay local media for publishing their content. The proposed legislation, which was presented to the Australian parliament last month, seeks to compel major technology companies to negotiate payments to local media for the conte...

Australia's plan to force US companies Facebook and Google to pay for news has not made the Trump administration very impressed.

US Trade Reps Urge Australia Not to Rush Google, Facebook Payment Law U.S. trade representatives have urged Australia to scrap proposed laws that will make it the first country in the world to force tech giants to pay local media companies for news content. Assistant Trade Representatives Daniel Bahar and Karl Ehlers called on the government not to rush the laws and to work towards developing a voluntary code if possible. “The U.S. Government is concerned that an attempt, through legislation,...

Regarded as one of the founding fathers of the internet, Google vice president Vint Cert has attacked the Morrison government's proposed media bargaining code as "deeply flawed".

The U.S. government has asked Australia to scrap proposed laws that will make it the first country in the world to force Facebook Inc and Alphabet ...

The US in a submission to a Senate inquiry favours a voluntary code rather than government regulation