Tag: Google

Govt looks to new social media crackdown

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government will release draft legislation within weeks to further crackdown on social media firms, with a focus on improving transparency around the handling of user data. Representatives...

Aussies watch as US targets Google, again

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
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

Posted on   |  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

Posted on   |  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

Posted on   |  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

Posted on   |  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

Posted on   |  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

Posted on   |  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

Posted on   |  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...