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Google threatens to pull search engine in Australia PTI Wellington | Updated on × The mandatory code of conduct aims to make Google and Facebook pay Australian media companies fairly for using news content they siphon from news sites Google on Friday threatened to make its search engine unavailable in Australia if the government went ahead with plans to make tech giants pay for news content. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison quickly hit back, saying “we don’t respond to threats.” “Australia makes our rules for things you can do in Australia,” Morrison told reporters in Brisb...

Google, Facebook protest over plans to make tech giants pay for news content | 2021/01/23

Google Australia Threatens to Pull Search Engine as Battle With Govt Heats Up Google on Friday pulled its trump card against the Australian government’s news media payment code, threatening to cut its search engine service from the country. Appearing at a Senate hearing, Google Australia’s Managing Director Mel Silva said: “If this version of the code were to become law, it would give us no real choice but to stop making Google Search available in Australia.” “Now that would be a bad outcome for us, but also for the Australian people, media diversity, and the small businesses who us...

Google Australia managing director Mel Silva warned a Senate committee in Canberra that the world-first media law was 'unworkable' and would undermine the functioning of the internet.

The law would mean Google and Facebook pay Australian media companies fairly for using news content they siphon from news sites.