‘Australia can’t afford to allow digital platforms to continue their monopoly unchecked’: Media businesses respond to the ACCC Digital Platform Inquiry Final Report

October 2, 2019 10:25

The ongoing saga of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)’s Digital Platform Inquiry is entering its final phase for 2019, with media companies preparing and lodging their responses to the final report to the Treasury before the government is due to make a decision on the 23 recommendations from the 600+ page report.

Overwhelmingly, the companies have supported the suggestions handed down from the ACCC, which include changes to codes of conduct, revenue models, and a bigger focus on data privacy.

The ACCC Digital Platform Final Report was handed down in July

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Hannah Blackiston

Hannah Blackiston was the deputy editor of Mumbrella. She worked with the company from March 2019 to November 2020.

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2 COMMENTS

A nice, balanced analysis of both sides of this issue ... 2 Oct 19

Yeah right.

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Vivienne Kelly 2 Oct 19

Hi there,

This wasn’t meant to be balanced – it was meant to be the media companies responding to the report. That was always going to present us with a somewhat one-sided piece – as it did when we reported on the flip side, in the form of Google’s and Facebook’s perspectives.

You can read all about the other side here (this is also referenced and linked to in the piece):
https://staging.mumbrella.com.au/facebook-claims-the-acccs-digital-platforms-report-relied-on-speculative-analysis-and-conflated-facebook-and-google-598296

Thanks,
Vivienne