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Australia sues Microsoft over AI-linked subscription price hikesAustralia's competition regulator has sued Microsoft. The company is accused of misleading millions of customers. This happened after bundl...27 Oct, 2025, 06.37 AM IST- Australia to bring anti-scam law targeting internet giants this year, regulator saysThe Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and the treasury department are consulting internet, banking and telecommunicatio...12 Jul, 2024, 10.21 AM IST
- Australia should force Meta to pay for news, News Corp executive saysMeta could block news reposting if Australia enforces the 2021 law, similar to actions taken in Canada. Academics note increased misinforma...05 Jun, 2024, 10.07 AM IST
- Facebook owner Meta angers Australia with plan to stop paying for news contentMeta Platforms refuses to pay Australian news publishers, leading to a battle with Canberra. Prime Minister Albanese criticizes the unfairn...01 Mar, 2024, 11.50 AM IST
- Explained: Why are Apple, Amazon, Google and Meta facing antitrust lawsuits and huge fines?The United States Justice Department is set to file a lawsuit against Apple for potentially breaching antitrust laws. Antitrust laws origin...24 Jan, 2024, 11.38 AM IST
- Australia's Latitude Group opposed to paying ransom to cyber attack criminalsLast month, the company said hackers stole nearly 8 million Australian and New Zealand drivers licence numbers in one of the country's bigg...11 Apr, 2023, 09.34 AM IST
- Australia's Medibank gets second class-action lawsuit over 2022 data breachThe company breached its disclosure obligations by not revealing information regarding the alleged deficiencies in its cyber security syste...29 Mar, 2023, 06.05 PM IST
- Australia regulator to probe social media influencers for false endorsementsThe Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said it would look at more than 100 influencers after several consumers informed ...27 Jan, 2023, 10.52 AM IST
- Uber fined $14 million for misleading on fares and cancellation fees in AustraliaUBER-AUSTRALIA/FINE (UPDATE 2, PIX)UPDATE 2-Australia fines Uber $14 mln for misleading on fares and cancellation fees07 Dec, 2022, 10.54 AM IST
- Fitbit sued in Australia for misleading consumers on faulty devicesThe Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said between May 2020 and February 2022, Fitbit claimed consumers will not be ent...24 Oct, 2022, 06.35 PM IST
- Australian regulator 'concerned' about Facebook's approach to media lawUnder the News Media Bargaining Code, Facebook and Alphabet Inc's Google must negotiate with news outlets for content that drives traffic t...25 Oct, 2021, 10.44 AM IST
- Australia challenges Google's ad dominance, calls for data-use rulesThe US justice department is meanwhile preparing an anti-monopoly lawsuit accusing Google of using its market muscle to hobble advertising ...28 Sep, 2021, 04.13 PM IST
- Explainer: Google, Facebook battle Australia over proposed revenue-sharing lawThe dispute is being closely watched worldwide since it would be the biggest challenge yet to how the U.S. tech companies that dominate soc...28 Jan, 2021, 11.12 AM IST
- Australia sues Facebook over user data, echoing U.S. antitrust caseThe Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said it was seeking an unspecified fine from Facebook for promoting a virtual pri...16 Dec, 2020, 10.13 PM IST
- Australian watchdog considers its own Google antitrust case after US sues search giantCompetition and Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims described the U.S. case filed Tuesday as one of the world's biggest antitrust cases i...21 Oct, 2020, 12.24 PM IST
- Google warns Australians could lose access to free search servicesGoogle warned on Monday that the Australian government's plans to make digital giants pay for news content threatens users' free services i...17 Aug, 2020, 11.37 AM IST
- Australian watchdog gives nod to Chinalco-Rio dealAustralia's competition watchdog said on Wednesday that it will not stand in the way of China's Chinalco investing 19.5 billion US dollars ...25 Mar, 2009, 10.50 AM IST
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