Big Tech costs govt billions, benefits from ‘rigged’ game, inquiry hears


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

Microsoft caused the government “billions of dollars of damage” when it pulled out of Defence and national security work last year but faced no consequences, a Senate inquiry has heard.

At an inquiry into the influence of international digital platforms, Big Tech companies were also accused of exploiting a “rigged game” of low taxes helped by the PwC scandal, lobbying to water down data protection regulation, and facing scant competition …

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