Australia: ACCC digital platform services inquiry 2020-2025

On 21 May 2024, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) published the 8th Interim Report of the Digital Platform Services Inquiry as part of the ongoing Digital Platform Services Inquiry, which spans five years. This report focuses…

On 17 April 2024, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) closed the public consultation on the digital platform services inquiry report, revisiting general search services. The purpose of the consultation was to gather information…

On 18 March 2024, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) opened a public consultation on the digital platform services inquiry report, revisiting general search services until 17 April 2024. The purpose of this consultation is to …

On 27 November 2023, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) adopted the 7th Interim Report of the Digital Platform Services Inquiry. The ACCC's latest report, part of a broader five-year inquiry into digital platform services, hig…

On 7 August 2023, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) closed the consultation on the Issues Paper for the eighth (March 2024) interim report of the Digital Platform Services Inquiry, titled "data brokers". The Issues Paper aime…

On 10 July 2023, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) initiated a consultation on the Issues Paper for the eighth (March 2024) interim report of the Digital Platform Services Inquiry, titled "data brokers", until 7 August 2023. …

On 28 April 2023, the Australia Competition and Consumers Commission (ACCC) published its sixth interim report for the Digital Platform Services Inquiry on social media service. The report outlines competition and consumer issues in the provision of…

On 5 April 2023, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) closed its consultation on the Issues Paper for the seventh (September 2023) interim report of the Digital Platform Services Inquiry on “expanding ecosystems of digital platf…

On 8 March 2023, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) opened a consultation on the Issues Paper for the seventh (September 2023) interim report of the Digital Platform Services Inquiry entitled on "expanding ecosystems of digita…

On 11 November 2022, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) released the fifth interim report for the Digital Platform Services Inquiry, focusing on regulatory reform. The report recommended new measures to address consumer protec…

On 28 April 2022, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) issued its fourth interim report of the digital platform services inquiry, which focuses on potential competition and consumer issues related to general online retail marketpl…

On 1 April 2022, the ACCC closed the consultation on the issues paper for the fifth (September 2022) interim report of the digital platform services inquiry, entitled "updating competition and consumer law for digital platform services". The issues …

On 28 February 2022, the ACCC opened the consultation on the issues paper for the fifth (September 2022) interim report of the digital platform services inquiry, entitled "updating competition and consumer law for digital platform services". The iss…

On 28 October 2021, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) issued its third interim report of the digital platform services inquiry, which focuses on the provision of web browsers, general search engine services, and how these arran…

The ACCC announced the focus of the fifth interim report of the digital platform services inquiry. The report will focus on whether regulatory reform is necessary to address competition and consumer concerns identified in the course of the Digital P…

The consultation on the ACCC issues paper on the fourth interim report of the digital platform services inquiry closes on 19 August 2021. The report will focus on general online retail marketplaces and is due at the end of March 2022.

The ACCC publishes the issues paper on the fourth interim report of the digital platform services inquiry. Submissions on the issues paper, which focusses on general online retail marketplaces, are due 19 August 2021. The report is due at the end of…

The ACCC publishes its March 2021 interim report of the digital platform services inquiry, which focuses on app marketplaces as well as the potential abuse of dominance by platforms with detrimental effects for consumers. The report focuses on Faceb…

The submission period for the issues paper on the September 2021 report of the digital platform services inquiry, which focusses on market dynamics and consumer choice screens in search services and web browsers, closed on 15 April 2021.

The ACCC publishes the issues paper on the third interim report of the digital platform services inquiry. Submissions on the issues paper, which focusses on market dynamics and consumer choice screens in search services and web browsers are due 15 A…

The ACCC publishes its September 2020 interim report of the digital platform services inquiry, which focuses on online messaging services as well as the potential abuse of dominance by platforms with detrimental effects for consumers. The report foc…

On 10 February 2020, the Australian Government directed the ACCC to conduct an inquiry into markets for the supply of digital platform services including search engines, social media services, private messaging services, content aggregation services…