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ACCC inquiry targeting social media competition, scams and ads

Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and Snapchat will be scrutinised by the competition regulator in a new inquiry launched as part of the watchdog’s ongoing examination of digital platforms. The...

Zuckerberg to face six hour deposition on Cambridge Analytica

21 July 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

Social media giant Meta’s top executives Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg will be questioned for more than five hours each in depositions on their role in the Cambridge Analytica...

Push to combat online extremism with further regulation

15 June 2022 | by Denham Sadler

Encrypted messaging apps should be subject to at least the same regulations and laws as the likes of Facebook and Google to help combat online extremism, a Victorian inquiry...

Big Tech to review voluntary misinformation code

6 June 2022 | by Denham Sadler

A review has been launched into the Big Tech misinformation code a year after it came into effect, but the global giants have already flagged they are likely to...

Big Tech firms release misinformation reports as regulation looms

30 May 2022 | by Denham Sadler

A number of Big Tech firms have released their latest reports under Australia’s voluntary misinformation code as they face looming further regulation on the issue. The Australian Code of...

Facebook should be designated under media bargaining code: Sims

23 May 2022 | by Denham Sadler

The architect of Australia’s Big Tech media bargaining code says that Facebook “likely” should be designated under it due to its refusal to negotiate with some news outlets, including...

Sweeping reforms needed for Big Tech bargaining code

9 May 2022 | by Denham Sadler

Big Tech companies should be automatically designated under the media bargaining code and ministerial discretion scrapped in order to avoid the initiative being a “missed opportunity”, a new Reset...

ACCC is suing Meta for crypto scam ads. Here’s why it may be liable

23 March 2022 | by Katharine Kemp

On the last day of his 11 years as chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Rod Sims announced the commission is bringing a “world-first” claim against...

Consumer watchdog takes Meta to court over crypto ‘scams’

18 March 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

Australia’s competition and consumer regulator is taking technology giant Meta to court over allegedly misleading cryptocurrency “scam” advertisements that ran on its platforms. The ads included images of high-profile...

Facebook’s election measures ‘wholly inadequate’

15 March 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

Digital rights groups have blasted Facebook’s latest commitment to clean up the federal election as a “bandaid” measure framed in a way to avoid more scrutiny of the company’s...

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Zuckerberg to face six hour deposition on Cambridge Analytica

Push to combat online extremism with further regulation

Big Tech to review voluntary misinformation code

Big Tech firms release misinformation reports as regulation looms

Facebook should be designated under media bargaining code: Sims

Sweeping reforms needed for Big Tech bargaining code

ACCC is suing Meta for crypto scam ads. Here’s why it may be liable

Consumer watchdog takes Meta to court over crypto ‘scams’

Facebook’s election measures ‘wholly inadequate’

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