Media Files: ACCC seeks to clip wings of tech giants like Facebook and Google but international effort is required.
The Conversation55 MB(download)
In Dickens' era, international copyright law developed from a worldwide effort to deal with a global problem. Is it time to tackle tech giants the same way? A journalist and a media owner explain.
Understanding the forces that drive the online economy is crucial for consumers, and increasingly citizens.
Ritchie B. Tongo/EPA
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says the sheer dominance of Google and Facebook has distorted other businesses' ability to compete on their own merits.
More Australians rely on just one source to get their news.
Shutterstock
More than a third of Australians say they would prioritise a subscription for a video streaming service, such as Netflix, over a subscription for online news.
Uber's IPO will value the company at more than $80 billion, yet the data it collects on its users may be worth even more – and creates the potential for dangerous manipulation.
There is a vast infrastructure of digital tools that can be used to strategically manipulate behaviour for tactical gain.
Shutterstock
Nation states are covertly working against each other on the very same digital platforms they use to collaborate in areas such as trade and manufacturing.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is currently conducting an inquiry into digital platforms.
Shutterstock
Sugar daddy capitalism is deformalising relationships and erasing the lines between commercial and non-commercial worlds.
ACCC Chair Rod Sims released the preliminary report of the Digital Platforms Inquiry into Google, Facebook and Australian media on December 10 2018.
Peter Rae/AAP
The ACCC would like closer scrutiny of digital platforms such as Facebook and Google – in particular with regards to user privacy, market power and operational algorithms.
The Competition and Consumer Commission is worried about the ability of the platforms we use to determine the news we read.
Shutterstock
Accessing the right information in a timely manner is essential, but difficult for newly arrived refugees. Information varies, plus there are language barriers and geographical complications.
How will Australia rule when it comes to big tech?
shutterstock
Stuart Cunningham, Queensland University of Technology and David Craig, University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
The activism of the Parkland teens is a reminder of where social media gets it right. We mustn't forget them in our rush to regulate.
The ACCC inquiry looks at the impact of digital platforms on the supply of news and journalistic content.
Shutterstock
Facebook has expressed interest in regulation, but its submission to the ACCC could be a disappointing early indication of how it will downplay its magnitude in future regulatory debates.
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, UNSW, and Co-Leader, 'Data as a Source of Market Power' Research Stream of The Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation, UNSW
