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An Australia With No Google? The Bitter Fight Behind a Drastic Threat – The New York Times
The big tech platforms are facing a challenge unlike any other as Australia moves to make them pay for news.
The ability to link freely, he added, meaning without limitations regarding the content of the linked site and without monetary fees, is fundamental to how the web operates.
Melanie Silva, the managing director of Google Australia and New Zealand, made the same argument on Friday in the Senate and in a video posted to Twitter, where she asked people to imagine recommending a few cafes to a friend and then getting a bill from the cafes for sharing that information.
When you put a price on linking…
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