Federal government concession sends tech giants scrambling – Sydney Morning Herald

However, industry sources, who requested anonymity to speak about the confidential discussions, said the government had indicated it was prepared to hold off on the designation process to give the tech giants more time to sign commercial agreements through their respective products: Google News Showcase and Facebook News. Google and Facebook would prefer these products to be allocated instead of search and newsfeed.
That undertaking could be enough to prevent the tech giants from pulling services…

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