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https://www.afinalwarning.com/493472.html (Natural News) Google is threatening to end its search engine services in Australia if the country passes its proposed “digital media code” that would require the tech giant to pay local news publishers for the articles it links to. Prime Minister Scott Morrison isn’t fazed, saying that Microsoft’s own search engine Bing will be able to fill the void if Google carries out its threat. Morrison told the National Press Club of Australia that Microsoft is “pretty confident” that Australians would not be worse off without Google. Morrison sa...

  Microsoft has called Google's bluff in Australia, revealing plans to "invest further" in its local search engine in response to Google's threats to withdraw services from the country. In a cutting statement aimed at its trillion-dollar rival, Microsoft also revealed its "full" support of Australia's proposed news media bargaining laws, conceding it would be prepared to pay for news. It added that "while other tech companies may sometimes threaten to leave Australia, Microsoft will never make such a threat". The software giant's bold stance came after Microsoft chief executive Satya Na...

Fletcher played down Google’s threat, saying it “don’t always follow through”, and reiterated that the government would not back down. “What Google and Facebook say they intend to do is really a matter for them,” he said. “We made it clear we very much prefer them to stay in Australia, they’re an important, significant part of the ecosystem, but ultimately these are business decisions.” “The Microsoft CEO reached out to the prime minister and proposed a meeting, accompanied by senior executives, I was able to join that meeting, and we had a very informative discussion abou...

By Shawn Lim-01 February 2021 01:00am While it is unlikely Google will follow through with their threat, publishers and advertisers are already preparing for a shift Google has threatened to pull its search engine out of Australia, but the government is refusing to back down. The Drum explores what this means for advertisers, publishers and consumers. The Centre for Responsible Technology has found that Google accounts for 51% of all online advertising in Australia while the Australia Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) notes that over 90% of online searches currently o...

  GOOGLE'S threat to withdraw services from millions of Australians to evade a law was a "sobering" demonstration of its monopoly power, a Senate inquiry heard today. The second Senate hearing into Australia's news media bargaining code also heard backing away from regulating the US firm would show "big tech is now more powerful than our elected government." And it was claimed the tech giant's argument that paying to share news would "break the way Google Search works" was "disingenuous at best … misinformation at worst," and fielded proposals for more small outlets to be included in t...