It’s almost as if displaying snippets of news articles in search results is more valuable for publishers (free traffic) than it is for Google (news keywords monetize poorly). https://t.co/I2LUxgEtR3

— Alec Stapp (@AlecStapp) January 22, 2021

What a good opportunity for people to discover that search engines are highly substitutable. https://t.co/PdGxvmy5ZR

— Mark Nottingham (@mnot) January 22, 2021

“the dire warnings — which one senator called blackmail — revealed apparent willingness of Facebook and Google to hide or erase reliable sources of info for millions at a time when social media platforms are under ? for helping misinfo spread worldwide.” https://t.co/ShZO7bzALD

— Jason Kint (@jason_kint) January 22, 2021

Google is not your friend.
This is why Google needed to be broken up, regulated, taxed, audited, monitored.

Anyway time to get a new search engine. The best IMO is DuckDuckGo. But also Bing, Yahoo, Baidu, Yandex, https://t.co/PaSelFwXP0, Ecosia, https://t.co/w4Wic7COE2, etc https://t.co/NUijIkfrhK

— Peter Cronau (@PeterCronau) January 21, 2021

“When a private corporation tries to use its monopoly power to threaten and bully a sovereign nation, it’s a surefire sign that regulation is long overdue.” https://t.co/P3tpBpKKNo

— John Tasioulas (@JTasioulas) January 22, 2021

GOOGLE: if you pass a law that makes us pay media companies for journalism, we'll shut down search in Australia.
PRIME MINISTER: "But we don't respond to threats"
GOOGLE: "It's not a threat. It's a reality."

Last two are *checks notes* actual quotes.
https://t.co/UWlPBT6thY

— Kate Crawford (@katecrawford) January 22, 2021

Everyone in media should be watching the showdown in Australia.

Google threatens to cut off search functions in Australian if country requires company to pay news organizations for content. https://t.co/R0DTIw75t0

— Edward Russell (@ByERussell) January 22, 2021

While most people here were distracted by Twitter vs Trump, this is a far more important case from a global perspective.
Australian media is fighting Google and Google isn't rolling over. https://t.co/4DMapufBaE

— Keith Mills (@KeithMillsD7) January 22, 2021

Sorry @Google, but we will decide which search engines come to this country and the circumstances in which they come. #auspol https://t.co/QCQN0UQt3h

— Rex Patrick (@Senator_Patrick) January 22, 2021

Australia to Google and Facebook: “break how the entire Internet works or get out!” Google and Facebook: well then we’d have to get out. Australia: “stop threatening us!” https://t.co/MLiOe9SOWQ

— Benedict Evans (@benedictevans) January 22, 2021

Even Australia, a country with the population of Haryana, has the courage to stand up to Big Tech. https://t.co/m8BpYRRVyq

— Frontier Indica (@frontierindica) January 22, 2021

Under Australia’s proposed code, if media companies and platforms like Google cannot agree on a price for news content, an independent arbitration body will resolve the dispute. That could be a first in the world.https://t.co/t1FUlCCcJN

— NYT Business (@nytimesbusiness) January 22, 2021

Google has threatened to block its search engine in Australia if the government proceeds with a new code forcing it and Facebook to pay news companies for the right to use their content https://t.co/LVXOHwodfE pic.twitter.com/CgtCPlYU88

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 22, 2021

I'm so confused.

Google, in France, will pay for news content: https://t.co/KfTJOg3SYJ

But in Australia, no. https://t.co/ao37HBBwdm @geochingu?!

— Mordy Oberstein (@MordyOberstein) January 22, 2021

Some folk characterising this ongoing saga as Google and Facebook bullying Australia. Looks to me more like the Australian government trying to pressure the tech companies on behalf of Australian website owners, and failing https://t.co/WXdnH8PXH5

— Chris Yiu (@clry2) January 22, 2021

Stare them down, Ockas.

Stare them down. https://t.co/yCyWKYUPQR

— Maajid أبو عمّار (@MaajidNawaz) January 22, 2021

That would be a massive problem, and be a massive negative on many, including economic, fronts. We would be shooting ourselves in the foot. Google threatens to shut down search in Australia if digital news code goes ahead https://t.co/yVhH0mnIGh

— Prof. Peter Doherty (@ProfPCDoherty) January 22, 2021

Could be an amazing opportunity for Australian tech entrepreneurs. Google threatens to disable search in Australia if media code becomes law https://t.co/YVgVKm4Hfe

— Norman Swan (@normanswan) January 22, 2021

Funny that the biggest and most credible threat of China-style censorship in Australia is coming from a US private company https://t.co/7ZhS99iwMd

— Naaman Zhou (@naamanzhou) January 22, 2021

Google said it would block its search engine in Australia if the government proceeds with a new code, that would force it and Facebook to pay media companies for the right to use their content https://t.co/LVXOHwodfE pic.twitter.com/gqZ5enL5Tg

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 22, 2021

This would be a huge win for Australia https://t.co/Ag3uktbZmf

— Allum Bokhari (@LibertarianBlue) January 22, 2021

In the entire world, only one nation remains immune to this blatant blackmailing from Big Tech. What's more, when the rest of world is struggling to rein in Big Tech bosses, that nation is cutting them down to size. This is not to endorse, just observe.https://t.co/dcznmJ9ErO

— Sreemoy Talukdar (@sreemoytalukdar) January 22, 2021

A Country With No Google or Facebook? Australia??is threatening to make big tech platforms pay for news they share (and profit from handsomely). They are fighting back, and fighting dirty, by @damiencave https://t.co/bEOwj76o2Y via @nytimes #journalism

— André Picard (@picardonhealth) January 22, 2021

I mean on the one hand yes, a country losing Google search would be bad, on the other hand wouldn’t it also inspire the kind of competition everyone freaking out about this should want? https://t.co/URMKeNoXAE

— Christopher Mims (@mims) January 22, 2021

To me, the choice between News Corp and Google is like being stuck between a rock and a hard place. But tech giants threatening democratically-elected governments to shut down digital infrastructure to fight legislation is crossing the red line. https://t.co/6KtHRq7FWN

— Wolfie Christl (@WolfieChristl) January 22, 2021

Tech giant with a virtual monopoly having an almighty tantrum cause it doesn’t want to pay for content.
https://t.co/tz0chwrIPT

— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) January 22, 2021

One day, Google will treat Indian publishers equal to these French publisher and pay for content it uses to generate traffic.
One day, just because we are Indian, we will not be treated unfairly by big tech companies. https://t.co/YMCviMLo5c

— Vijay Shekhar Sharma (@vijayshekhar) January 22, 2021

Big deal if Google pulls out of Australia https://t.co/97wTzcdFPk

— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) January 22, 2021

They will use the same threats to avoid paying tax in Australia https://t.co/7B0wFnWjzT

— Josh Bornstein (@JoshBBornstein) January 22, 2021

Here we go again. https://t.co/W8SFNBTLrR

— Barry Schwartz (@rustybrick) January 22, 2021

A company that can credibly threaten to cut off public access to basic information if they are not allowed to continue extracting profits from the dying journalism industry like vampires is a company that needs to be severely regulated or broken up. https://t.co/kmhWBcKF8M

— Hamilton Nolan (@hamiltonnolan) January 22, 2021

Gee, didn't we laugh when Telstra launched its Sensis search engine and Sol Trujillo said 'Google Schmoogle' back in 2005. If only we'd listened. :Dhttps://t.co/td1wVeNya5

— Paul Wallbank (@paulwallbank) January 22, 2021

Australia should call their bluff. https://t.co/gsxOiwCIGz

— Christine Emba (@ChristineEmba) January 22, 2021

We stand in solidarity with our Australian partners.
Canada is similarly working to introduce a more equitable digital regulatory framework across platforms and news media.
When facing the web giants, we must stand united.https://t.co/XQIBmCosD9

— Steven Guilbeault @ ? (@s_guilbeault) January 22, 2021

Sorry @Google, but we will decide which search engines come to this country and the circumstances in which they come. #auspol https://t.co/QCQN0UQt3h

— Rex Patrick (@Senator_Patrick) January 22, 2021

Story here. Will update as we go along. https://t.co/hOVKZrYGap

— Josh Taylor (@joshgnosis) January 22, 2021

Imagine a corporation threatening a sovereign country. Lol! A perfect example why y’all should continue to fight for #NetNeutrality

Google threatens to shut down search in Australia if digital news code goes ahead https://t.co/j61nC66bO4

— OpheliaPGMom ? (@OP_Omom) January 22, 2021

“When a private corporation tries to use its monopoly power to threaten and bully a sovereign nation, it’s a surefire sign that regulation is long overdue.” https://t.co/P3tpBpKKNo

— John Tasioulas (@JTasioulas) January 22, 2021

✅ Google threatens to shut down search in Australia if digital news code goes ahead | Australian media | The Guardian ↳ https://t.co/lqsItVJRPw

— BlackHalt (@BlackHalt) January 22, 2021

I’m not surprised.

This happened multiple times in Europe, and every time publishers pulled back quickly.

I’m more surprised Google made a deal in France.

Publishers need Google. How much does Google need publishers? https://t.co/oW0ptswNRR

— Kevin_Indig (@Kevin_Indig) January 22, 2021

#ICYMI @Google has threatened to remove its search engine from Australia and @Facebook to remove news from its feed for all Australian users if a code forcing the companies to negotiate payments to news media companies goes ahead. https://t.co/3xdpd6y6z0 via @joshgnosis pic.twitter.com/xGOYom4a5A

— Rachael Myrow (@rachaelmyrow) January 22, 2021

Whoa, "Stop offering Search" -> In an Australian Senate hearing, a Google exec said that a law forcing Google to pay news outlets for links could prompt it to stop offering Search

"It would give us no real choice but to stop making Search available..." https://t.co/eTc8IEJJ4W pic.twitter.com/VX5lib8ZCN

— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) January 22, 2021

They will use the same threats to avoid paying tax in Australia https://t.co/7B0wFnWjzT

— Josh Bornstein (@JoshBBornstein) January 22, 2021

Google: We’ll shut down Australian search before we pay news sites for links | Ars Technica https://t.co/urnReCZKxE

— ?TurboKitty? (@TurboKitty) January 23, 2021

If Australia or France wants to tax Google to subsidize its news industry, it should just do that. Creating an elaborate system of mandatory fake negotiations is stupid. https://t.co/z0xqtctaCV

— Timothy B. Lee (@binarybits) January 22, 2021

So, I was quoted in the @nytimes today. That's new. ?

Thanks @damiencave!https://t.co/wG6diYgqDW

— Tama Leaver (@tamaleaver) January 22, 2021

If Google actually pulls out b/c they dont want to pay taxes to fund news, it will be *very* interesting to see who/what moves into that opening.https://t.co/vAyeL7Itdd

— Brian EdwardsTiekert (@bedwardstiek) January 22, 2021

That the finest news organizations in the world (The Times, Guardian) continue to misreport this—to the benefit mainly of Rupert Murdoch—is so strange to me.

Again, the question is whether Google/FB must pay for LINKS to news, not for the news itself.https://t.co/VUHtyZ2cPg

— Aron Pilhofer (@pilhofer) January 22, 2021

This is article is worth a read. https://t.co/b6bTyIho2G

— Lesley Howard (@adropex) January 22, 2021

Pay? For news? What?
In a major escalation, Google threatened on Friday to make its search engine unavailable in Australia if the government approved legislation that would force tech companies to pay for journalism shared on their platforms. https://t.co/HSRyWUn4O0

— Anthony Soufflé (@AnthonySouffle) January 22, 2021

An Australia With No Google? The Bitter Fight Behind a Drastic Threat (Or who would win in a fight, Superman or Batman?)https://t.co/UmHzqQScwp

— Michael Slackman (@meslackman) January 22, 2021

Google threatens to pull out Search from Australia over upcoming law https://t.co/OAU31rhIck

— XDA (@xdadevelopers) January 22, 2021

That would be a massive problem, and be a massive negative on many, including economic, fronts. We would be shooting ourselves in the foot. Google threatens to shut down search in Australia if digital news code goes ahead https://t.co/yVhH0mnIGh

— Prof. Peter Doherty (@ProfPCDoherty) January 22, 2021

This is an interesting case study to observe. https://t.co/3s6hX6pBl1

— Victor Pickard (@VWPickard) January 22, 2021

An Australia With No Google? The Bitter Fight Behind a Drastic Threat https://t.co/0C4CPsPutw

— Chinmayi Arun (@chinmayiarun) January 23, 2021