Google threatens to withdraw search engine from Australia-BBC
Google has threatened to remove its search engine from Australia over the nation’s attempt to make the tech giant share royalties with news publishers. Australia is introducing a world-first law to make Google, Facebook and potentially other tech companies pay media outlets for their news content. But the US firms have fought back, warning the law would make them withdraw some of their services. Australian PM Scott Morrison said lawmakers would not yield to “threats”. Australia is far from Google’s largest market, but the proposed news code is seen as a possible global test case for how governments could seek to regulate big tech firms. Tech firms have faced increasing pressure to pay for news content in other countries, including France, where Google struck a landm...
U.S. Labor Board accuses Google of spying on employees, discouraging worker organization, and retaliation -CNBC
Key Points The U.S. National Labor Relations Board filed a complaint against Google, alleging the company illegally terminated and surveilled employees. The agency also accuses the company of illegally blocking employees from sharing work grievances and information with each other using general tools like calendars, email and meeting rooms, and an internal communication tool at Google called MemeGen. Google employees at the tech giant’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, walk off the job to protest the company’s handling of sexual misconduct claims. Mason Trinca | Getty Images News | Getty Images The U.S. National Labor Relations Board has filed a complaint against Google and its parent company Alphabet, accusing the tech juggernaut of violating labor laws. The company was a...