Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said that although global tech giants are changing the world, his government and many others globally cannot let them run it. "People in free societies like Australia who go to ballot boxes, and go and they vote -- that's who should run the world, the people and citizens of the nations of the world, not big global tech giants," he told ZDNet. "They produce amazing technology that does amazing things … and it's exciting, but at the end of the day, all of these things must be accountable to sovereign elected governments. "Which means at the end of the day, Australians should be in charge." The prime minister was asked if he considered Facebook restoring Australian news to its platform and Google, as well as Facebook, striking deals with media organisations outside of the now-passed News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code a win for the government. "The code was critical to ensuring that the arrangements that are now being … [Read more...] about Prime Minister declares Australians should be in charge, not tech giants