Tag: media bargaining code

It’s not about the news: It’s techno politics

Posted on   |  by Marie Johnson
I am forced to live in two parallel worlds. One world is served by an expensive and unreliable NBN where on the weekend in Canberra the speed was 18Mbps...

Bing! Microsoft ‘fully supports’ Big Tech-media code

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Microsoft has thrown its full support behind the federal government’s media bargaining code, positioning its own search service as able to fill the void left by Google’s proposed withdrawal...

Govt won’t budge on Big Tech bargaining code

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government will not budge on its controversial Big Tech news media bargaining code, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison staring down significant threats from Facebook and Google ahead...

Google will pull out of Aus if code is passed

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Google has joined Facebook in threatening to withdraw its services from Australia if legislation introducing a media bargaining code is passed by Parliament. In a sometimes fiery Senate inquiry...

Media bargaining code is ‘still unworkable’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Google is still not happy with the federal government’s media bargaining code and has indicated it may not accept the final version if it remains unchanged. Legislation implementing a...