Canada, have you heard that the biggest search engine in the world is threatening to pull its services from Australia? In Australia, the battle over such changes has been raging and Google signalled on Friday it would yank its search engine services from the country. John Hinds, CEO of News Media Canada, a lobby group that represents media companies in Canada, including Torstar, said the federal government has to start acting on the file soon. The advocacy group has suggested that Canada adopt a similar model to Australia, where media companies could band together and bargain collectively with tech giants. Responding to the proposal at the time, Google warned that should Canada adopt News Media Canada’s proposal, it “would undermine Google Search for Canadians.”Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading...

Source: thestar January 23, 2021 00:27 UTC