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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.
— Peter Cronau (@PeterCronau) January 21, 2021
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
“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.
— Kate Crawford (@katecrawford) January 22, 2021
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
Everyone in media should be watching the showdown in Australia.
— Edward Russell (@ByERussell) January 22, 2021
Google threatens to cut off search functions in Australian if country requires company to pay news organizations for content. https://t.co/R0DTIw75t0
While most people here were distracted by Twitter vs Trump, this is a far more important case from a global perspective.
— Keith Mills (@KeithMillsD7) January 22, 2021
Australian media is fighting Google and Google isn't rolling over. https://t.co/4DMapufBaE
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.
— Mordy Oberstein (@MordyOberstein) January 22, 2021
Google, in France, will pay for news content: https://t.co/KfTJOg3SYJ
But in Australia, no. https://t.co/ao37HBBwdm @geochingu?!
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.
— Maajid أبو عمّار (@MaajidNawaz) January 22, 2021
Stare them down. https://t.co/yCyWKYUPQR
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.
— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) January 22, 2021
https://t.co/tz0chwrIPT
One day, Google will treat Indian publishers equal to these French publisher and pay for content it uses to generate traffic.
— Vijay Shekhar Sharma (@vijayshekhar) January 22, 2021
One day, just because we are Indian, we will not be treated unfairly by big tech companies. https://t.co/YMCviMLo5c
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.
— Steven Guilbeault @ ? (@s_guilbeault) January 22, 2021
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
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
— OpheliaPGMom ? (@OP_Omom) January 22, 2021
Google threatens to shut down search in Australia if digital news code goes ahead https://t.co/j61nC66bO4
“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.
— Kevin_Indig (@Kevin_Indig) January 22, 2021
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
#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
— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) January 22, 2021
"It would give us no real choice but to stop making Search available..." https://t.co/eTc8IEJJ4W pic.twitter.com/VX5lib8ZCN
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. ?
— Tama Leaver (@tamaleaver) January 22, 2021
Thanks @damiencave!https://t.co/wG6diYgqDW
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.
— Aron Pilhofer (@pilhofer) January 22, 2021
Again, the question is whether Google/FB must pay for LINKS to news, not for the news itself.https://t.co/VUHtyZ2cPg
This is article is worth a read. https://t.co/b6bTyIho2G
— Lesley Howard (@adropex) January 22, 2021
Pay? For news? What?
— Anthony Soufflé (@AnthonySouffle) January 22, 2021
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
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