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On the brink: Big Tech fight escalates

Google’s incendiary threat to shut its internet search services in Australia is simply the latest expression – albeit the nuclear option – of a campaign against a proposed law...

Rod Sims rejects tech giants’ code ‘suggestions’

22 January 2021 | by Denham Sadler

Competition watchdog boss Rod Sims has knocked back Facebook and Google’s suggested “fixes” for the media bargaining code and accused the tech giants of “brinkmanship” in threatening to withdraw...

Google will pull out of Aus if code is passed

22 January 2021 | by Denham Sadler

Google has joined Facebook in threatening to withdraw its services from Australia if legislation introducing a media bargaining code is passed by Parliament. In a sometimes fiery Senate inquiry...

Media bargaining code is ‘still unworkable’

18 December 2020 | by Denham Sadler

Google is still not happy with the federal government’s media bargaining code and has indicated it may not accept the final version if it remains unchanged. Legislation implementing a...

Media, Big Tech code by the end of the year

18 November 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The government still plans to introduce legislation imposing a bargaining code between tech giants and media companies, with Google outlining its conditions for agreeing to such a concept. The...

Google hits back at govt code of conduct

4 May 2020 | by Denham Sadler

Google has hit back at the government’s plan to force it to share ad revenue with local media companies, arguing it is doing these companies a favour by featuring...