Rob Nicholls, 'In a world first, Australia plans to force Facebook and Google to pay for news (but ABC and SBS miss out)' (The Conversation, 31 July 2020)

The Government It has ordered the ACCC to stop working on the voluntary code and prepare a new mandatory code of conduct regime to address bargaining power imbalance between the big platforms and the media. It is to be developed for release and consultation in July and subsequent implementation. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said ahead of the announcement that it’s ‘only fair that those that generate content get paid for it’.

The ACCC is granting an unprecedented number of interim authorisations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sven Gallasch offers some useful commentary on these exemptions.

The ACCC has instituted Federal Court proceedings alleging Google LLC and Google Australia Pty Ltd misled consumers about the collection and use of personal location data.