Tag: Digital Platforms Inquiry

  • ACCC to create mandatory code of conduct for Google, Facebook

    ACCC to create mandatory code of conduct for Google, Facebook

    In April 2020 Josh Frydenberg, Treasurer of Australia, ordered the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (“ACCC”) to create a mandatory code of conduct governing the relationships between digital platforms and media businesses. The ACCC had been working on a voluntary code of conduct as a follow up to its Final Report on its Digital Platforms…