ACCC boss warns digital platforms about conduct as inquiry continues

Competition regulator Rod Sims has warned digital platforms including Google and Trivago about their use of algorithmic ‘black boxes’ and overreaching terms and conditions as the ACCC continues its inquiry into the digital economy.

Sims was speaking at a legal conference in Sydney looking at the local and global issues in regulating the digital economy and the options available to the ACCC over data and competition issues in the digital sector.

ACCC chair Rod Sims said Google’s representations on the DoubleClick acquisition were “clearly not accurate”