Talk radio presenter Michael Smith wants the federal government to bring Google to account after the search giant blocked access to his news website, claiming it was “a known malware distributor”. Smith said the claim was defamatory, and it was time for the government to consider laws to make Google accountable for its actions in denying access to users’ websites through search. “Google’s market power situation has never arisen before in the history of commerce,” he said. “Google regulates everyone on the internet, but no one is regulating Google.”