Notice: Undefined variable: post in
/home/virtinalabs/public_html/venture.virtinalabs.net/wp-content/themes/septera-plus/woocommerce/single-report.php on line
69
Notice: Trying to get property 'ID' of non-object in
/home/virtinalabs/public_html/venture.virtinalabs.net/wp-content/themes/septera-plus/woocommerce/single-report.php on line
69
ACCC Digital Platforms Inquiry – Google and Facebook have just been put on notice
Notice: Undefined variable: newDownloads in
/home/virtinalabs/public_html/venture.virtinalabs.net/wp-content/themes/septera-plus/woocommerce/single-report.php on line
132
Notice: Undefined variable: post_id in
/home/virtinalabs/public_html/venture.virtinalabs.net/wp-content/themes/septera-plus/woocommerce/single-report.php on line
138
Notice: Undefined index: pdf in
/home/virtinalabs/public_html/venture.virtinalabs.net/wp-content/themes/septera-plus/woocommerce/single-report.php on line
157
Notice: Undefined variable: link in
/home/virtinalabs/public_html/venture.virtinalabs.net/wp-content/themes/septera-plus/woocommerce/single-report.php on line
386
On 11th December 2018, the ACCC released its preliminary report on the Digital Platforms Inquiry, and one thing is certain – Google and Facebook won’t be happy after reading it.
The draft recommendations are extensive and call for significant changes to privacy and consumer protection laws and new regulatory oversight to monitor and curb the market power exerted by Google and Facebook.
On 4th December 2017, the Treasurer, Scott Morrison directed the ACCC to conduct an inquiry into digital platforms such as Facebook and Google. The inquiry was tasked with looking into the impact of digital search engines, social media platforms and other digital content aggregation platforms have on competition on the media and advertising industry. In particular the inquiry will look into the impact of digital platforms on the supply of news and journalistic content and the implications for content creators, advertisers, consumers and media owners. On 11th December 2018, the ACCC released its preliminary report on the inquiry. The ACCC will accept submissions in response to the preliminary report up to 15th February 2019, following which it will release its final report by June 2019. In this report, we outline some of the key highlights and recommendations from the ACCC’s preliminary report and provide our take on the same.
