A digital platforms coordination body should be created by the federal government to address competition concerns presented by Big Tech companies like Google, Meta, Microsoft, Apple and Amazon, a Senate committee has recommended.
The finding is contained in a Senate inquiry’s report into the influence of international digital platforms, which also urged the government to take up a recommendation in the Privacy Act Review to create a ‘right of data erasure’.
The report, released late on Thursday night, made the recommendations after 14 months of hearings in which it heard that the “current regulatory system is not working effectively”, with the regulation of digital platforms split across various agencies.
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