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Executives from Google and Facebook have told a Senate committee they are prepared to take drastic action if Australia’s news media bargaining code, which would force the internet giants to pay news publishers for linking to their sites, comes into force. Google would have “no real choice” but to cut Australian users off entirely from its flagship search engine, the company’s Australian managing director Mel Silva told the committee. Facebook representatives in turn said they would remove links to news articles from the newsfeed of Australian users if the code came into effect as i...

Is news worth a lot or a little? Google and Facebook want to have it both ways Are Google and Facebook really prepared to pull services from their Australian users rather than hand over some money to publishers under the bargaining code? Mel Silva, Google Australia managing director Credit: Google Executives from Google and Facebook have told a Senate committee they are prepared to take drastic action if Australia’s news media bargaining code, which would force the internet giants to pay news publishers for linking to their sites, comes into force. Google would have “no rea...

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has accused the tech giants of doing a disservice to Australians by threatening to shut down their search engines.

Google Escalates Dispute With Australia by Threatening Search Shutdown 3 Google Escalates Dispute With Australia by Threatening Search Shutdown Fight is over a proposed law requiring tech giants to pay publishers for news; 'we don't respond to threats,' prime minister says published : 23 Jan 2021 at 04:00 3 The Google logo in Brussels. Google threatened yesterday to block Australian users from accessing its search service. Google threatened to shut down its search engine in Australia if a proposed law requiring tech gi...

A clash between Australia and the two biggest online tech giants – Google and Facebook – looks set to define the next era of online news and information.