Google says it will stop linking to New Zealand news if proposed new law passed

Posted under: Web technologies
Date: 2024-10-04
Google says it will stop linking to New Zealand news if proposed new law passed

Google announced on Friday that, should the government of New Zealand move forward with a bill requiring tech companies to pay a reasonable price for information that appears on their feeds, it would cease linking to stories from local news organizations and terminate its ties with them. While it is being reviewed, the proposed legislation may undergo some amendments, including ones that align it more closely with Australian law.