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What Google, Facebook changes really mean Google has dominated web searches in Australia for years, with 93 per cent of Aussies saying they used the company’s search engine in November 2020. Opinion by Peter Lewis, Director of the Centre for Responsible Technology 1st Feb 2021 5:36 AM | Updated: 5:36 AM Australians may soon be caught in a high stakes battle...

Facebook reboots talks will small news companies about paying for content.

News by Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson   Google could face even more regulations in Australia after a damning interim report by the countrys competition watchdog. The report by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) found the trillion-dollar company dominated digital advertising in Australia, and would be investigated over allegations it had abused its market power. The findings come less than a week after Google threatened to withdraw its s...

The threats follow with hiding some Australian news sites from search results, in a move media outlets said was a show of "extraordinary power". Frydenberg told reporters in Melbourne the government had worked with the Australian competition regulator for two years developing the code to "see the digital giants pay for original content that is generated by our media businesses". Frydenberg accused the tech companies of "changing the goalposts" by first opposing the governments proposal ...

'Inevitable' Google and Facebook will pay for Australian news, treasurer says

In a major escalation, Google threatened Friday to make its search engine unavailable in Australia if the government approved legislation that would force tech companies to pay for journalism shared on their platforms.

For many of us, Google is the internet. But the tech giant is threatening to pull its search engine from Australia. So, what does this mean for you? And could we all soon be relying on Ask Jeeves?

Big tech platforms face a challenge unlike any other as Canberra moves to make them pay for news

GOOGLE is threatening to withdraw its search engine from Australia, igniting questions about the tech giants influence. Why is Google threatening to withdraw from Australia?

Scott Morrison pushes back against a threat by Google to stop making its search engine available in Australia if it is forced to pay news outlets for showing links to their websites and stories under a new media code.