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Is news worth a lot or a little? Google and Facebook want to have it both ways – ARNnet
Are Google and Facebook really prepared to pull services from their Australian users rather than hand over some money to publishers under the bargaining code?
Mel Silva, Google Australia managing director
Credit: Google
Executives from Google and Facebook have told a Senate committee they are prepared to take drastic action if Australias news media bargaining code, which would force the internet giants to pay news publishers for linking to their sites, comes into force.
Google would have no real choice but to cut Australian users off entirely from its flagship search engine, the companys Australian managing director Mel Silva told the committee. Facebook…
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