Tag: Google

Google dominance chilling ad tech competition, driving up fees: ACCC

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s competition regulator has called for new laws and sector-specific rules to address “ineffective” competition in the multibillion-dollar advertising technology sector, warning an entrenched Google is preferencing its own...

Google faces showdown with government over ads

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Opinion: A final report into the notoriously murky and concentrated digital advertising market should now be sitting on the Treasurer’s desk. The report, which was due by August 31, contains how...

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...