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Feb 2021: Google Search in Australia (in the news)

  • I went three days without Google search. This is what happened (Canberra Times)
    “There are thousands of jobs here in Google. Will Google then divest from Australia? What about other big players, will they see Australia as being less open to innovation and creativity, and that the only way we can solve our problems is by closing the doors? That’s not how we work effectively together with companies like this,” Professor Quigley says.
  • Three days, no Google search … just imagine
    Professor Quigley says the fear that Google might leave should make web users think more critically about the information they receive online.

“[It’s] actually a skill everyone needs, from children in school, to older people who are using this to make decisions about who they’re going to vote for,” he says.

In other words, we need a world where everyone thinks more carefully about the information they find on the internet. 

Imagine that.