
Google’s (GOOG) Sundar Pichai meets Australia PM after fallout over new law
SINGAPORE — Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Thursday he had a “constructive meeting” with Google chief Sundar Pichai after the tech giant threatened to pull its search engine from the country over a potential new law.
Essentially, Australia wants internet giants Facebook and Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet, to pay for news.
The government introduced a media bill in parliament in December. If passed, the new media bargaining code would require the digital platforms to pay local media outlets and publishers to link their content in news feeds or search results. If the parties cannot reach an