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Google threatens to cancel Aussie service over media code
Friday January 22, 2021
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has told Google his government doesn’t respond to threats after the tech giant said it would leave Australia and remove access to its search engine if the media code becomes law.
Google Australia boss Melanie Silva. (Photo: Google)
“Australia makes our rules for things you can do in Australia,” the prime minister told reporters in Brisbane
“That’s done in our parliament. It’s done by our government. We don’t respond to threats.
He was speaking after Google Australia’s managing director Mel Silva played the tech…
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