Google threatens to remove its search engine from Australia if new law goes into effect

Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Google is threatening to pull its search engine from an entire country -- Australia -- if a proposed law goes into effect that would force Google to pay news publishers for their content. "If this version of the Code were to become law it would give us no real choice but to stop making Google Search available in Australia," Google Australia and New Zealand VP Meg Silva told Australia's Senate Economics Legislation Committee today. "We have had to conclude af...