Google says news media code would ‘break’ how search engines operate

Google has released another statement on Australia’s News Media Bargaining Code ahead of its final review in front of a Senate Committee, doubling down on the code’s potential to change how free search engines and the open internet function, should it be enshrined into law.

Following last month’s claims that the proposed legislation still “falls far short of a workable code”, Google Australia and New Zealand managing director, Mel Silva, went into further detail about why the tech giant believes the code would “hurt the online services [Australians] use every day”.

Google ANZ managing director Mel Silva