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Gloves off: Google turns to its users in fight against Australian regulations – Sydney Morning Herald
Google has co-opted users and YouTube influencers in a campaign against new media rules. But its stance hasn’t gone down well in Canberra.
It will also force the digital giants to give media companies advance warnings about any changes to the algorithms that power search results and news feeds and provide information about the collection of user data.
Media companies have hailed the code as a much-needed step to reduce the power imbalance they face in dealing with the global behemoths, who have grown to dominate the digital advertising market.
But the tech community sees the regulation differently an “unreasonable” set of rules i…
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