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Jannik Sinner wins Australian Open in final marathon over Daniil Medvedev

Jannik Sinner wins Australian Open in final marathon over Daniil Medvedev

Jannik Sinner earned his first Grand Slam title the hard away, coming from two sets down to beat Daniil Medvedev in the Australian Open final. Sinner, 22, prevailed 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 in 3 hours, 44 minutes, to become the third Italian man to win a major. The others: Nicola Pietrangeli, who won the French Open in 1959 and 1960, and Adriano Panatta, the 1976 French Open champ. Sinner didn’t drop a set in his six matches en route to the final and didn’t face a break point in his four-set… Source link

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Australian abortion and contraceptive provider’s ads banned by Google | Google

Australian abortion and contraceptive provider’s ads banned by Google | Google

Abortion and contraceptive provider MSI Australia says Google has banned its advertising in searches under a misinterpretation of law in Australia. Since 3 December, MSI Australia has been prevented from promoting its services through paid ads on Google, with the tech company placing a wide-ranging ban on advertising links to the MSI website in paid advertising. Guardian Australia understands the ad ban may have arisen due to Google interpreting mention of medical abortions on the MSI… Source link

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Australian court dismisses suit against Google over personal data use

Australian court dismisses suit against Google over personal data use

Dec 9 (Reuters) – Australia’s competition regulator said on Friday its lawsuit against Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google that alleged consumers were misled about expanded use of personal data for targeted advertising had been dismissed by a court. The proceedings, initiated by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission in July 2020, alleged Google did not explicitly take consent from users about a change made in 2016 that combined personal information in Google accounts with activity on… Source link

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Australian court rules Google not publisher but search engine

Australian court rules Google not publisher but search engine

An Australian court ruled that Google is a search engine and not a publisher of a defamatory article, siding with the tech giant in a lawsuit on Wednesday morning local time. The big picture: It’s a win for Google in a years-long defamation suit in which the company argued that article hyperlinks “only communicates that something exists…and it is the operator of the webpage who communicates the content to the user.” Driving the news: George Defteros, a lawyer, previously sued Google, arguing… Source link

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Australian court orders Google to pay $43 million for misleading users

Australian court orders Google to pay $43 million for misleading users

Letters spell the word “Alphabet” as they are seen on a computer screen with a Google search page in this photo illustration taken in Paris, France, August 11, 2015. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Aug 12 (Reuters) – Australia’s competition watchdog said on Friday that Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google unit was ordered by the country’s Federal Court to pay A$60 million ($42.7 million) in penalties for misleading users on… Source link

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Australian golf ‘strongly’ supports PGA, European tours

Australian golf ‘strongly’ supports PGA, European tours

Australian golf Thursday reaffirmed its “full support” of the US PGA Tour and European Tour in a rebuke to the Saudi-backed LIV series headed by Greg Norman, calling their relationship “stronger than ever”. The PGA of Australia had been silent since Norman, whose name is lent to Australian golf’s most prestigious annual award, debuted the mega-money LIV Golf Invitational Series in England earlier this month. But chief executive Gavin Kirkman said he was excited about the future alongside the… Source link

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Google ordered to pay Australian politician over defamatory YouTube videos

Google ordered to pay Australian politician over defamatory YouTube videos

Reuters  —  An Australian court on Monday ordered Google to pay a former lawmaker A$715,000 ($515,000), saying its refusal to remove a YouTuber’s “relentless, racist, vilificatory, abusive and defamatory” videos drove him out of politics. The Federal Court found the Alphabet Inc (GOOGL) company intentionally made money by hosting two videos on its YouTube website… Source link

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