In a major escalation, Google threatened Friday to make its search engine unavailable in Australia if the government approved legislation that would force tech companies to pay for journalism shared on their platforms.

An Australia with no Google? The bitter fight behind a drastic threat

Australians are bracing for a possible future without Google amidst conflict between the federal government and Alphabet Inc's Google.

Australians brace for possible future without Google

Technology giant Google is being taken to court for allegedly misleading consumers to give away a lot more personal information than they had expected.

Google sued in Australia for alleged misuse of personal data