Australia to Target Google and Facebook to Protect Local Industry

The Irish government should consider copying Australia's plan to force Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google to share advertising revenue with local media, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Friday......»»

Australia said it would establish the world's first dedicated office to police Facebook Inc and Google as part of reforms designed to rein in the U.S. technology giants, potentially setting a precedent for global lawmakers......»»

For decades Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google gobbled up their competition to become behemoths of the tech industry, which has drawn attention from Congressional leaders and other critics who claim they’ve stifled innovation in the industry......»»

A new online competition regulator in the U.K. will target the likes of Facebook and Google in the latest push to rein in the power of technology giants in Europe......»»

Facebook Restores News Sharing As Australia Caves To Big Tech In an epic battle of wills between American Big Tech firms (Facebook and Google) and the Australian government, it looks like the Australian governm.....»»

Australia is preparing to force Big Tech companies to pay publishers for hosting news content - the EU has shown appetite for a similar law. Microsoft president Brad Smith. REUTERS/Lindsey Wa.....»»

Facebook shut down news sharing in Australia, and Google threatened to pull out of the country altogether over a new media law. But that’s not stopping regulators in other countries from preparing similar regulations......»»

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The search giant struck a deal with Rupert Murdoch's media empire to pay for some of its content, including paywalled stories.....»»

The workshop is open to all students but is specifically designed to target women who are interested in commercial real estate. That's because women make up a minority of professionals in the industry......»»

Microsoft Corp. said the U.S. should copy Australia’s controversial proposal that tech companies pay newspapers for content — putting it at odds with Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc......»»

The rules proposed by the government aims to make Google and Facebook pay Australian media companies fairly for using news content (WELLINGTON, New Zealand) — Google on .....»»

Australia Hits Back At Google, Facebook: It's "Inevitable" You'll Soon Pay For Hosting Australian News Neither side is backing down after weeks .....»»

Google and Facebook have been in a long-running fight with Australian politicians, regulators and m.....»»

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) subsidiary Google will withdraw its search feature in Australia if the country’s government goes ahead with implementing a law that would force the tech giant and Facebook Inc read more.....»»

BuzzFeed News/Facebook via Getty Images BuzzFeed News announced on Wednesday that it would be closing its United Kingdom and Australian news operations in order to focus on "news that hits big" in the US. "For economic and strate.....»»

Argentina plans to issue a decree setting a higher local oil barrel price to protect the domestic industry from being further decimated by crashing global prices and slumping fuel demand during the coronavirus pandemic, two industry sources told Reuters......»»

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Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto via Getty Images Over the course of the last decade, the tech industry has spurred the rise of the gig economy.  "Gig economy" has since become.....»»