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Google’s threat to withdraw its search engine from Australia is chilling to anyone who cares about democracy – The Guardian
The tech giant’s Senate testimony shows how far it is prepared to go to resist real regulation

OpinionThe tech giants Senate testimony shows how far it is prepared to go to resist real regulation
Fri 22 Jan 2021 07.06 GMT
Googles testimony to an Australian Senate committee on Friday threatening to withdraw its search services from Australia is chilling to anyone who cares about democracy.
It marks the latest escalation in the globally significant effort to regulate the way the big tech platforms use news content to drive their advertising businesses and the catastrophic impact on the news…
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