Australia has been punching way above its weight when it comes to tech regulation. Its showdown over news on Alphabet’s Google and Meta Platforms’ Facebook last year grabbed the world’s attention, forcing the two internet companies to back down from
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The IAB today officially announced Nielsen was out after more than a decade and Ipsos is in as the digital audience currency provider. The Australian market has sidelined its penchant and associated troubles for trailblazing in global digital audienc
Global leaders will be asked to back Australia in a fight with Facebook over its market power after the social media giant silenced news, health and emergency services in a bid to halt a federal law.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison raised the shock
The United States — specifically, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative — has come out against the Australian government’s plan to make Google and Facebook pay news publishers for the use of their content on their platforms.
"Australian media will be able to bargain with Google and Facebook to quickly secure fair payment for news content if a draft mandatory code released by the ACCC today is adopted.
The draft code is aimed at addressing acute bargaining power imbalance
"The governments of the UK and Australia are investigating a facial recognition company that grabbed billions of people's pictures from across the internet for use in its database. The inquiry will look at Clearview AI and whether its scraping and ha
The Australian government has asked digital platforms to develop voluntary codes of practice to counter misinformation and help users to better identify the quality of online news and information.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (AC
"Facebook has rejected a proposal to share advertising revenue with news organisations, saying there would “not be significant” impacts on its business if it stopped sharing news altogether.
On Monday, the social media giant issued its response to th
'The government has told the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to develop a mandatory code of conduct to address bargaining power imbalances between media companies and digital platforms such as Facebook and Google - and the question of
The Commission has proposed today an ambitious reform of the digital space, a comprehensive set of new rules for all digital services, including social media, online market places, and other online platforms that operate in the European Union:…
