PM Scott Morrison Wants The Rules In The Digital World To Be The Same As The Real World

PM Australia Scott Morrison (Instagram/@scottmorrison)

JAKARTA - After it was reported that Google would leave Australia some time ago, Microsoft is now approaching the Australian government to use its search engine called Bing.

Microsoft claims that Bing can be a replacement for Google. This action taken by Microsoft was revealed by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. The chairman of Microsoft, Satya Nadella, has already expressed his wish to Morrison.

"I can tell you, Microsoft is quite confident when talking to Satya Nadella", said Scott Morrison as quoted by Reuters.

Morrison did not provide more detailed information regarding Microsoft's efforts. The Microsoft spokesman also did not give any comment regarding this matter. He only confirmed the existence of the conversation.

Australia has been drafting a new law that will force Google to leave the land of Kangaroos if they don't pay for media whose news is displayed on search engines. Not only Google, social media platforms like Facebook are also required to pay for content to other media.

"We recognize the importance of a dynamic media sector and public interest journalism in democracy and we recognize the challenges the media sector has faced over the years through changing business models and consumer preferences", said a Microsoft spokesman.

Australia claims that so far Google and Facebook as companies that do not create content but get their largest income from digital advertising from advertising companies.

This view eventually led Australia to create a Law that required the two technology giants to pay for the content they displayed.

However, Google refuses to follow the rules pushed by the Australian government. Because of this policy, Google is threatening to leave the land of Kangaroos even though it has controlled 50 percent of the ad market.

"We just want the rules in the digital world to be the same as in the real world, in the physical world", said Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison.