Posted on 01/14/2021 11:05:35 AM PST by Onthebrink
Google is under fire for removing some local news content from its search results in Australia as part of an "experiment", in what critics called a "chilling illustration" of the firm's power.
The incident is the latest in an ongoing spat between Google and the Australian government, which is considering forcing it and Facebook to pay local news providers for displaying their content.
Shortly after the law was proposed early last year, Google added a notice to its site warning "the way Aussies search every day on Google is at risk."
On Wednesday, Google said it had been "running a few experiments that will each reach about 1% of Google Search users in Australia."
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Google is a fake search engine. They censor anything they don’t like.
“Experiment”
Goebbels would be proud of Google
Ping.
Yippy.com
Fascist Tech already ran such an "experiment" here prior to election to successfully suppress the Hunter Biden laptop story.
“some Australian news sites” = skynews.com.au
When Google gets revenge on a country.
Did you mean: AustriaNo results containing all your search terms were found.
Your search - Australia - did not match any documents.
Gulag bad act
Duckduckgo.com
Better than Google. No revenue for the tyrants.
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