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ACCC muscles up to Facebook

Australia’s competition and consumer watchdog will use its compulsory information gathering powers to obtain data from tech giants including Google and Facebook as part of its wide-ranging “world-first” inquiry...

ACCC on dealing with algorithms

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is now reliant on just-in-time legislation and the rapid rollout of report recommendations in order to perform its role in an increasingly digital...

ACCC targets NBN experience

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia’s consumer watchdog could take regulatory action as early as mid-next year to improve customer experiences with the NBN. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) launched an inquiry...

ACCC targets tech platforms

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia’s competition watchdog has launched an inquiry into the impact digital platforms like Facebook and Google are having on media and advertising disruption. The federal government has formally instructed...

ACCC’s crack new data unit

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The ACCC has established a new data analytics unit to help crack down on the use of machine learning and artificial intelligence in price-fixing. In a speech delivered to...

ACCC launches NBN investigation

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The competition watchdog has set up a public inquiry into the National Broadband Network’s wholesale service standards in the wake of record numbers of complaints from consumers and a...

ACCC brings a stick to the NBN

Posted on   |  by Stuart Kennedy
The competition watchdog’s draft report into the country’s communications sector has lobbed into the middle of an NBN battlefield as the network engages in landmark price negotiations, and fights...

Telco’s brace for ACCC draft report

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The ACCC will release a draft report on competition issues in the telecommunications sector within days, just as the industry labours under a barrage of bad publicity following the...

Complaint file grows at NBN Co

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Criticism of NBN Co’s failure to address consumer complaints is steadily increasing. Rather than address the complaints, NBN CEO Bill Morrow and his growing team of media handlers and...

Mobile roaming is now a snore

Posted on   |  by James Riley
There was the usual wailing and gnashing of the teeth when the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission surprised the industry last week by deciding it would not force Telstra...