Google slams Microsoft over support for Australian media bargaining code

Google launched a scathing attack on Microsoft Friday, accusing it of trying “to break the way the open web works in an effort to undercut a rival.” Google is upset about what it believes is an attack by Microsoft to undermine the company’s efforts to support journalism and publishers. In January, Google threatened to remove its search engine from Australia, in response to a law that would force Google to pay news publishers for their content.

Source: Google slams Microsoft for trying ‘to break the way the open web works’

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