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Nations around the world, to include Australia, are waking up to the fact that NOTHING in life is 'free', not even Google's search engine that has 86.6% of the market for search engines.
'Free' use of Google costs the use of all of its users search history / patterns and personal data, which Goggle sells for massive profits so businesses can create extremely tailored ads targeting consumers.,
"On Google you are BOTH the CUSTOMER and the PRODUCT."
It has become more and more evident that Google and the other Big Tech social media giants are extremely liberal, are anti-Conservative-biased, have begun censoring news and Conservative content, Countries like Australia is finding their practices more and more dangerous and more and more unacceptable.
At the center of the issue between Google and Australia is a new Code / Law:
"The proposed law would force digital platforms to enter into negotiations with news media companies to pay for content. If the tech companies and media companies fail to reach an agreement, the law would empower an arbiter to determine the payments."
Google's Response?
"Google threatened to shut down its powerful search engine for the 19 million people in Australia if the country adopts Big Tech draft legislation currently before parliament."
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said his country will not be intimidated by threats.
-- “Let me be clear. Australia makes our rules for things you can do in Australia. That’s done in our parliament. It’s done by our government and that’s how things work here in Australia and people who want to work with that in Australia, you’re very welcome,” Morrison said at a press conference on Friday. “But we don’t respond to threats.”
"While it seems this Australian law may go too far, this battle may help alter the playing field for companies with such a massive influence as Google. If Google did remove its search engine from Australia, that would cause massive disruption, but that disruption might open the door for some new alternatives.
Then again, there is a reason why Google has cornered the online search market — its search engine is particularly effective. Any company wishing to compete with Google faces a monumental task, and Australia’s proposed law likely would make things harder for Google’s competitors, as well."
pjmedia.com
'Free' use of Google costs the use of all of its users search history / patterns and personal data, which Goggle sells for massive profits so businesses can create extremely tailored ads targeting consumers.,
"On Google you are BOTH the CUSTOMER and the PRODUCT."
It has become more and more evident that Google and the other Big Tech social media giants are extremely liberal, are anti-Conservative-biased, have begun censoring news and Conservative content, Countries like Australia is finding their practices more and more dangerous and more and more unacceptable.
At the center of the issue between Google and Australia is a new Code / Law:
"The proposed law would force digital platforms to enter into negotiations with news media companies to pay for content. If the tech companies and media companies fail to reach an agreement, the law would empower an arbiter to determine the payments."
Google's Response?
"Google threatened to shut down its powerful search engine for the 19 million people in Australia if the country adopts Big Tech draft legislation currently before parliament."
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said his country will not be intimidated by threats.
-- “Let me be clear. Australia makes our rules for things you can do in Australia. That’s done in our parliament. It’s done by our government and that’s how things work here in Australia and people who want to work with that in Australia, you’re very welcome,” Morrison said at a press conference on Friday. “But we don’t respond to threats.”
"While it seems this Australian law may go too far, this battle may help alter the playing field for companies with such a massive influence as Google. If Google did remove its search engine from Australia, that would cause massive disruption, but that disruption might open the door for some new alternatives.
Then again, there is a reason why Google has cornered the online search market — its search engine is particularly effective. Any company wishing to compete with Google faces a monumental task, and Australia’s proposed law likely would make things harder for Google’s competitors, as well."
Google Threatens to Shut Down Search in Australia
Google threatened to shut down its powerful search engine in Australia if the country adopts Big Tech draft legislation currently before parliament.
pjmedia.com
