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Why Google boss Sundar Pichai learnt to love Australia’s media laws – The Sydney Morning Herald
The global boss of Google says he likes the federal government’s news media bargaining code, in his first public comments on the regulation.
To an extent, this echoes how the digital giants approached Australias media bargaining code: Google fought the laws hard, but Pichais talks with the government were widely considered constructive. And after securing the concessions it moved quickly to strike deals with a range of publishers (including Nine Entertainment, owner of this masthead).
In contrast, Facebook continued to fight, and even turned off news completely in Australia. That step inadvertently resulted in it blocking pages operated…
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