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		visarga on Aug 17, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Response to Google open letter > I was under the impression that the Australian proposition does not allow Google to treat foreign sites differently. Hence, if they carry foreign news they must carry Australian sites Why, if they want to carry news from other countries, should they also have to carry Australian news? Maybe they should just string match all their news results to Australian news so nothing gets through, even if they appear on third party sites (duplicate detection, they had it for years on regular search).

dodobirdlord on Aug 17, 2020 [–]

> Why, if they want to carry news from other countries, should they also have to carry Australian news?

Because the law says so, because the law is very deliberately crafted as a mechanism to force Google to give money to Australian news companies.

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