Google is preparing for a primary fight with the federal government to prevent the rest of the world from clinging to Australia and forcing the tech giant to pay for original journalism. Sky News political editor Andrew Clennell has revealed that the federal government believes Google will harshly reject the proposed media bargaining code to send a message to other countries watching Australia. “ The federal government believes that it is not going to give in on those adjustments and believes that Google is preparing a fight on this issue because it fears that other countries will stick to similar giant reforms, ” he said. declares. “ Clearly I would charge Google much more than just the Australian player. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is determined to continue this reform; one of the world’s biggest media reforms. “
Google reported that it suffered technical “outages” on many of its sites on August 20, 2020. Photo: DENIS CHARLET / AFP Source: AFP
It’s not just you: Gmail and at least nine Google apps were suspended this week.
After warning Australians for days that Google was “threatened” through legal reform, the company appeared to be experiencing a global outage on Thursday unrelated to many of its larger deals that affect millions of people. . users.
The outage lasted more than seven hours before being fully corrected after 9 p. m. last night, which affected the peak operating hours of countries around the world.
Gmail users began reporting problems with the mail service sometime before 2 p. m. , experiencing intermittent problems sending and receiving mail, connecting and attaching files, according to DownDetector.
About 20 minutes later, more issues were reported with Google Drive’s cloud garage service, which stopped accepting log imports.
Other Google installations that stopped working during the outage include Groups, Chat, Meet, Docs, Slides, Keep, Sites, and Google Voice.
The technical issues reported included problems creating files in Drive, posting messages in Google chat, and recording in Meet.
They even shocked YouTube users, with the company’s video team noting that “they were experiencing delays in processing video uploads. “
The tech giant did not release an official on the cause of the factor yesterday, only noting on its service dashboard that the issues were resolved until 9:10 p. m.
“We are for the inconvenience caused and we appreciate your patience and continued support,” reads a note on Google’s outage page.
“System reliability is a very sensible priority at Google. We carry out continuous interventions in our systems. “
The tech giant has yet to reveal the cause of the blackout, which some have called the highest in 16 years.
The hack was not reported, however there are reports of problems with software updates and the return of American schools.
Google’s tech glitches came just days after the trillion-dollar tech giant started sending Australians ‘warnings’ about the availability of its facilities in Australia after the country’s watchdog had to pay for the data you use on your platform.
In an “open letter” to users posted on its main search page and in YouTube pop-ups, the company said it proposed that the percentage gain generated by news content used on its platform would jeopardize its “free services” .
The chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Rod Sims, said that Google’s letter contained “misinformation” and that he could simply establish a value for his services.