Episode 841
Australia takes on Google
The Australian government is demanding the tech giant pays for news content
Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast · The Naked Scientists
February 11, 20214m 8s
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Show Notes
In the online world, a battle is brewing between tech giants Google and Facebook and the Australian government. The government are proposing a law to force organisations like Google pay the news outlets that produce the news content they currently run for free on their websites, where it draws huge amounts of traffic. The tech companies have retaliated by threatening to withdraw their services from Australia. To explore this in more detail, Adam Murphy spoke with entrepreneur and tech Investor Peter Cowley... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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