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Aussies watch as US targets Google, again

The Australian competition regulator is eagerly watching on as Google faces another significant antitrust lawsuit in the US, with more than 35 states taking on the tech giant over...

Rod Sims on the global fight with Big Tech

8 July 2021 | by Denham Sadler

When Australia’s competition watchdog released its landmark report into digital platforms two years ago, it surprised some by not calling for the big tech firms to be broken up....

Tech giants balk at critical infrastructure bill

8 July 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

Tech giants have warned the Australian government’s proposed legislation allowing it to step in and take control of a company during a cyber-attack is poorly defined and if used...

Rod Sims on the platforms inquiry, two years on

5 July 2021 | by Denham Sadler

Two years ago, competition tsar Rod Sims handed his landmark final report on digital platforms to the federal government. But it was a decision 18 months earlier which laid...

Nine signs Facebook and Google content sharing deals

1 June 2021 | by Denham Sadler

Australian media giant Nine has signed content sharing deals with Facebook and Google worth tens of millions of dollars, months after the bargaining code was passed by Parliament. In...

Facebook removed 110,000 Covid posts by Aussies

24 May 2021 | by Denham Sadler

Facebook removed 110,000 pieces of COVID-19 misinformation posted by Australian pages or accounts in the first year of the pandemic, with 14 billion posts removed around the world from...

ACMA gets $4m for bargaining code oversight

5 May 2021 | by Denham Sadler

The federal government has allocated more than $4 million to the oversight of the big tech media bargaining code, despite no companies being designated under it yet. Communications Minister...

Time to prepare for Big Tech in the CDR scheme

29 April 2021 | by Denham Sadler

The federal government needs to get on the front foot and prepare for Big Tech to try to get involved with the Consumer Data Right scheme in order to...

Country Press can team to deal with Big Tech

29 April 2021 | by Denham Sadler

Country Press Australia has been given permission by the competition watchdog to collectively negotiate with big tech firms Google and Facebook to secure revenue-sharing deals for its more than...

Regulation ‘may be required’ for app stores: ACCC

28 April 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

The competition watchdog has fired a warning shot at Google and Apple, telling the tech giants to clean up their app stores now or face regulation which will make...

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