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Google launches News Showcase in Australia
Friday February 05, 2021
Google has launched its “news showcase” initiative in Australia, a day after the company’s global boss met with Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
The pair discussed Google’s concerns with the federal government’s impending media code, which forces it and Facebook to pay news organisations for content.
Google had threatened to pull its search engine from Australia if it had to pay for links to news stories, and had said its news showcase feature was on hold.
But it has launched on Friday, after Morrison had a meeting with Google’s global boss…
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