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CANBERRA -- Australia will introduce landmark legislation to force Alphabet’s Google and Facebook to pay publishers and broadcasters for content next week, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said on Friday. Australia is on course to become the first country to require Facebook and Google to pay for news content, legislation that is being closely watched around the world. “The bill will now be considered by the parliament from the week commencing 15 February 2021,” Frydenberg said in an emailed statement. With bipartisan support, the legislation - which Google says is “unworkable” and will force it to pull out of the country altogether - could come into law this month. The acceleration of the bill came as a senate committee examining the proposals recommended no amendments. Representatives for Google and Facebook did not immediately comment when contacted by Reuters . The U.S. search and social media giants have pressed Australia to soften the legislation, with senior executives … [Read more...] about Australia to introduce landmark Google, Facebook legislation to parliament next week

The Hanoitimes - The online initiative of “Wonders of Vietnam” showcases the beauty of Son Doong Cave, the Hoi An Lantern Festival and Nha Nhac as well as interactive features that allow visitors to experience the wonders of Vietnam in a new way. Google Arts & Culture launched Wonders of Vietnam online project featuring multiple highlights of Vietnam’s UNESCO heritage sites for the first time, including natural sites and tangible and intangible heritage. Photo: Google Art & Culture Completed in partnership with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, local tourism boards of Da Nang, Quang Nam, Thua Thien Hue and Quang Binh, National Geographic award-winning photographer Tran Tuan Viet and Oxalis Adventure, the new project aims to capture and preserve the beauty of Vietnam for audiences all over the world. The online project features 35 exhibitions and 1,369 stunning pictures, bringing together a … [Read more...] about Google’s campaign to promote Vietnam Tourism

Word that Rich DeVaul, a director at X lab devoted to "moonshots" such as internet service from balloons, was out came with reports that women employees were organizing a walk-out on Thursday to protest lenient handling of sexual misconduct in the workplace. Alphabet declined to give details about DeVaul's departure from the company on Tuesday. A Google Walkout For Real Change account that sprang to life on Twitter late Wednesday said that employees and contractors would leave their workplaces late Thursday morning in respective time zones. Demands posted in the tweet included improved processes for reporting sexual misconduct and resolving cases of harassment, as well as a commitment by Google to pay and opportunity equity. Google chief executive Sundar Pichai sent a message to employees late Tuesday, a copy of which was posted online by technology news website Ars Technica. Pichai said he has heard from many employees on the subject of inappropriate behavior at work and was … [Read more...] about Another exec out amid sex harassment tension at Google

PARIS -- French antitrust investigators have accused Alphabet Inc’s Google of failing to comply with the state competition authority’s orders on how to conduct negotiations with news publishers over copyright, two sources who read the investigators’ report said. In the 93-page report, known as a statement of objections, the investigators wrote that Google’s failure to comply was of an exceptionally serious nature, the sources said. This comes amid complaints by French news publishers that Google failed to hold talks with them in good faith to find an agreement. The same publishers were not part of the $76 million three-year deal signed between the U.S. firm and and a group of 121 publications, as Reuters reported earlier this month. The agreement was presented as a major step forward by both Google and the publishers who signed it, but left many publications infuriated. The French competition authority can impose fines of up to 10% of sales on firms it deems in violation … [Read more...] about Exclusive: French antitrust investigators say Google breached its orders on talks with news publishers – sources

Australian lawmakers are expected to approve amendments to landmark legislation to force Alphabet’s Google and Facebook to pay media companies for news content, despite opposition from some minor political parties. The government introduced amendments to the so-called Media Bargaining Code after Facebook last week escalated a dispute over the new laws by blocking Australian users from sharing and viewing news content on its popular social media platform. Australia’s Senate began debating the amendments on Wednesday. The ruling conservative Liberal Party does not have a majority in the upper house, but support from the opposition Labor Party is expected to be enough to pass the bill. Facebook on Tuesday said it would restore Australian users’ access to news in light of the compromise it had reached with the government. In one major change, Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will be given the discretion to decide that either Facebook or Google need not be subject to the code, … [Read more...] about Australian lawmakers expected to pass amendments to Facebook, Google law