Australia’s media watchdog has hired Google Australia’s government relations lead directly from the tech giant, insisting it can manage any conflicts of interests through established processes as it gears up for a crackdown on platforms.
But the move to hire directly from a regulated entity that has clashed with the government raises questions about regulatory capture and follows a series probity and conflict of interest of scandals elsewhere across the …
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