It's unhappy with the Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill, which would force tech giants to pay news organisations for their content.

Google is threatening to blow up its New Zealand news agreements and remove any ability for users to find local news on its search engine, in ramped-up threats to oppose new legislation.

Google says it will stop linking to New Zealand news content and will reverse its support of local media outlets if the government passes a law forcing tech companies to pay for articles displayed on

Google said on Friday it will stop linking to New Zealand news articles and ditch the agreements it has with local news organisations, if the country’s government goes ahead with a law to force tech giants to pay a fair price for content that appears on their feeds.

Google Friday told New Zealand unless it can keep using news content without paying for it, Google will stop linking to all New Zealand news sites. Google's threat is against the Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill.

Google said on Friday to it will stop linking to New Zealand news if a law requiring tech companies to pay for content is passed.

Google's New Zealand division, in an update addressing the country's Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill, said it would be forced to stop linking to news content on Google Search, Google News, or Discover surfaces in the country.

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Alphabet's (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) unit Google said it will stop linking to New Zealand news reports and cancel the agreements it has with domestic news organizations, if the nation's government greenlights a new bill that would force tech companies to pay a fair price for content that appears on their platforms.

Google threatened to stop linking to news in New Zealand if lawmakers pass a bill aimed at making digital platforms pay media outlets.