Australia's ACCC releases final report on anti-competitive behavior and market power of tech giants, offers 23 recommendations including a stronger Privacy Act
here's what it means for Google and Facebook Chris Pash / AdNews : ACCC makes 23 recommendations to protect consumers from Google and Facebook Byron Kaye / Reuters : Australia to set out proposals to rein in Facebook, Google Tweets: Anshel Sag / @anshelsag : Australia is the last place I would look to for any kind of reasonable regulation... https://twitter.com/... Jen Dudley-Nicholson / @jendudley : “The world has never before seen so much commercial sensitive and personal data collected and aggregated in just two companies.”— Frydenberg #ACCC Jen Dudley-Nicholson / @jendudley : Federal Government won't respond to ACCC's 23 recommendations from the Digital Platforms Inquiry until the end of the year, Frydenberg says. #auspol @capitalmonitor : Treasurer, @JoshFrydenberg, & @PaulFletcherMP, said the ACCC Digital Platforms report set out 23 recommendations to respond to the substantial market power that has arisen through the growth of digital platforms, their impact on competition in media & advertising markets #auspol pic.twitter.com/cqhvAys22m Bevan Shields / @bevanshields : ACCC says the government should consider forcing an end to Google as the default search engine on mobile phones #auspol Paul Fletcher / @paulfletchermp : Today @JoshFrydenberg and I released the final report of the @acccgovau Digital Platforms Inquiry. The Government accepts the overriding conclusion that there is a need for reform and intends to release our response by the end of 2019. Full report: https://www.accc.gov.au/... #auspol pic.twitter.com/6LzVZ9iy1T Paul Karp / @paul_karp : ACCC recommends tax deductibility for donations to public interest journalism. pic.twitter.com/Bo67yahvKc Paul Karp / @paul_karp : ACCC notes specialist publications and new digital entrants are well and good but they're not going to replace all the local coverage lost. pic.twitter.com/YLh4ZJ3TAO See also Mediagazer