Compromises were reached and reputations suffered. Who ultimately won the social media showdown?
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There are other ways to search the web without Google, and some options help protect your privacy while another is good for the planet.
The code could require Google and Facebook to pay up for simply including links to news articles from other sites. This has never been a requirement on the web.
The code seems to oversimplify how news content on big digital platforms should be assigned commercial value.
The letter is part of a campaign running across Google’s platforms, designed to gaslight Australian users. Don’t fall for it.
If the ACCC takes one of the tech giants to court for breach of the code, the penalty could be more than $10 million.
Australia ranks third in the world in climate change deniers. It’s a bronze medal we don’t want.
The annual Scanlon Foundation survey found nearly half those aged 18-24 viewed climate change as the biggest problem facing Australia, compared to 12% of those aged 35-44 and 8% of those aged over 75.
Media Files: ACCC seeks to clip wings of tech giants like Facebook and Google but international effort is required
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In Dickens' era, international copyright law developed from a worldwide effort to deal with a global problem. Is it time to tackle tech giants the same way? A journalist and a media owner explain.
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