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Is that law in? Being a Googler I kind of can't imagine search working well under it. Would be an absolute spamfest.

• ehnto 5y ago
  It is in place I believe, Google made some concessions and workarounds. https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2021A00021 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2021A00021 https://about.google/google-in-australia/an-open-letter/ https://about.google/google-in-australia/an-open-letter/ Everyone loses, frankly. It was one monopoly versus another, and the Australian people were never a concern.
  • lrem 5y ago
    That reads as "we agreed to send some money", not "we agreed to delay ranking changes by 4 weeks". The latter is the interesting part, as it is incompatible with the reality of needing thousands of algorithm updates per year. Edit: ah, there's now a provision for this: > (ii) if the change relates to a matter of urgent public interest—no later than 48 hours after the change is made; and