Australia plans to make Google offer alternative search engines on smartphonesThe Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) also wants to limit Google's ability to pay Apple Inc to have its search engine i...
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...
Regulation may be needed for Apple, Google app stores if changes not made: Australian regulatorThe global dominance of Apple's App Store and Google's Play Store has been criticised by some app makers for mandatory revenue sharing paym...
We dealt with FB, Google via market power, not copyright: ACCC chairman Rod SimsThe code focuses on three things — payment for content, notice for significant algorithm changes and transparency on what data platforms ar...
Coronavirus spurred changes to global workforce to be permanentILO has estimated that the impact of huge job losses worldwide is creating a fiscal gap that threatens to increase inequality between riche...
Australia regulator chief Rod Sims says Google and Facebook draft laws fair, critical for media futureGoogle last week declared the code unworkable, citing in particular a requirement to provide publishers with two weeks' notice of certain c...
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...
Australian watchdog considers filing its own antitrust case against search giant GoogleCompetition and Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims described the US case filed on Tuesday as one of the world's biggest antitrust cases ...
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...
Australia to amend law making Facebook, Google pay for newsGoogle has said the proposed laws would result in “dramatically worse Google Search and YouTube,” put free services at risk and could lead ...
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...
Australian watchdog accuses Google of privacy breachesThe commission alleges the California-based company misled millions of Australians to obtain their consent and expand the scope of personal...
Australian regulator sues Google for misleading consumers over expanded personal data useThe case by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) in Federal Court said Google did not explicitly get consent nor prope...
Australia to make Google and Facebook pay for news contentTreasurer Josh Frydenberg said the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission would release in late July draft rules for the platforms ...
Australia to probe Facebook, Google over media disruptionLike their rivals globally, Australia’s traditional media firms have been squeezed by online rivals, as advertising dollars have followed e...
- CCI inks pact with Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
Competition Commission of India has inked a memorandum of understanding with Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
- Google guilty for displaying "misleading" sponsored links: Australian court
An Australian court today found the search giant guilty of breaching trade law by displaying misleading links at the top of its search resu...