Tag: Apple

Apple pinged by EU competition laws Australia wants to mimic

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Apple is in breach of new European competition laws, regulators alleged this week, setting up the first test of the Big Tech ‘gatekeeper’ regime that Australia’s competition watchdog wants...

eSafety proposal faces pushback over encryption risk

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Tech giants and privacy groups have rallied against a proposal to force companies to scan cloud and messaging services for illegal and harmful content in Australia, arguing for changes...

Apple warns against mass file scanning proposal

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Online safety standards designed to force tech giants to scan cloud storage for illegal and harmful content in Australia set a “dangerous global precedent” that could undermine security protections...

ACMA flags new misinformation metrics for Big Tech

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s communications regulator is developing a new set of metrics to boost visibility of the actions social media giants like Meta and TikTok are taking to combat harmful misinformation...

Senate committee proposes new Big Tech regulatory body

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A digital platforms coordination body should be created by the federal government to address competition concerns presented by Big Tech companies like Google, Meta, Microsoft, Apple and Amazon, a...

Authors and artists take the fight to Big Tech on AI

Posted on   |  by Chris Griffith
Professional associations covering artists, authors and publishers have hit out at calls by big tech firms for Australia to water down its copyright law, and to allow for cheap...

Tech giants keep local market share a secret

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Tech giants are unwilling or unable to provide lawmakers with figures on their local market share despite facing new codes of conduct designed to protect competition and consumers. Representatives...

Big Tech tells regulators to focus on ‘outcomes’ not algorithms

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The world’s biggest technology companies have dismissed concerns by Australian regulators about the potential for self-preferencing and the lack of competition, recommending that the watchdogs focus on “outcomes” rather...

Aussie developers join class action against Google, Apple

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Australian app developers have joined a class action lawsuit against Big Tech giants Google and Apple alleging abuse of power in their respective app stores. The class actions, being...