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by Mark Bowyer

Australia’s ACCC is protecting local media monopolists from Google and Facebook

The stakes have been raised in the Australian government’s stoush with Google and Facebook. Last week, Facebook joined Google in expressing opposition to the proposed new laws, threatening to block news sharing from Australian Facebook users. But the ACCC seems more concerned with protecting the market power of Australia’s old news publishers, and is squandering […]

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by Mark Bowyer

In Google’s battle with the Australian Government, there’s no good guy

Australia’s regulator is barking up the wrong tree when it comes to dealing with Google and Facebook and news publishers.

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