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Media stand-off: Google boss and Morrison wait to see who blinks first – Sydney Morning Herald
The meeting between the Google boss and the PM could indicate the tech giant is moving away from its nuclear option.
And if negotiations between publishers and Google and Facebook cannot agree they must accept an arbitrators decision. Google says thats a hard no – and has threatened to remove its search function from Australia.
Facebook vowed to block users in Australia from posting or sharing links to news.
From the governments perspective, the principle being addressed here is the power imbalance between the media organisations on the one hand and Google and Facebook on the other.
Morrison has two reasons to…
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