Google threatens to pull search from Australia if new law is passed

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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25867264 (67 points/8 hours ago/111 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25789773 (46 points/6 days ago/70 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25867547 (35 points/7 hours ago/16 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25866493 (26 points/9 hours ago/13 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25867742 (26 points/7 hours ago/11 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25867761 (15 points/7 hours ago/11 comments)

Copied from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25870142 ... by now there are more and more and more.

Reminds me of Spain - they did this, and the newspapers lost so many views they whined/squealed/begged the government to repeal the law. The government saw an easy target = google, instead they shot their newspapers.