(Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Microsoft says it supports a proposed law in Australia that would force major internet platforms to pay media outlets for linking to their news articles.
The proposed law which Google and Facebook vocally oppose could spark other countries to adopt the same regulation. But Microsoft President Brad Smith says his company supports the proposed News Media Bargaining Code, since local news publishers in Australia are vital to supporting the country’s democracy.
“While Microsoft is not subject to the legislation currently pending, we’d be willing to live by these rules if the government designates us,” Smith added.
What you need to know
Microsoft today came out in support of Australia s proposed News Media Bargaining Code, a new measure aimed at making search engines pay news publishers.
The company criticized Google for threatening to pull Search away from the country if the move was implemented.
Google had previously criticized the Bargaining Code as unworkable.
Microsoft has risen up in support of an Australian law that requires search engines to pay publishers for news while issuing a sharp critique of Google.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, Microsoft President Brad Smith highlighted the power imbalance between digital news platforms and Australian news businesses. Microsoft supported the proposed News Media Bargaining Code, arguing that it was a reasonable move that would help support Australian news businesses. The company isn t currently subject to the legislation, but Smith says that it would happily abide by those rules should that become necessary.
বছরে কার্বন নির্গমন ছয় শতাংশ কমিয়েছে মাইক্রোসফট bdnews24.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bdnews24.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Microsoft has reduced carbon emissions by 6 per cent, or roughly 730,000 metric tonnes, in its first year of the broad committed to become carbon negative as a company by 2030.According to Microsoft President Brad Smith, the company has .
The business of reducing carbon will enjoy the ‘full weight of capitalism,’ Brad Smith argues.
A new market for carbon removal technologies requires the full backing of capitalism, according to remarks from Microsoft President Brad Smith, amid bolder executive actions from the White House this week on climate change.
“We need to build a marketplace where those who want to build an industry to remove carbon from the atmosphere and put it under the ground or increase carbon in the soil, you can go out and do it, they can sell that service,” said Smith, addressing listeners during a virtual panel Thursday on artificial intelligence (AI) at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.