Australia: Published September 2020 interim report of digital platform services inquiry includes competition assessment of online messaging services and third party use of data
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Published September 2020 interim report of digital platform services inquiry includes competition assessment of online messaging services and third party use of data
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 focuses on Facebook and Google as the two biggest and most important competitors in the digital platform services market.
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Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content, platform intermediary: e-commerce, platform intermediary: other
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority
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2020-02-10
under deliberation
2020-10-23
concluded
2021-03-11
in consultation
2021-04-15
processing consultation
2021-04-28
concluded
2021-07-22
in consultation
2021-08-19
in consultation
2021-09-28
under deliberation
2021-10-28
concluded
2022-02-28
in consultation
2022-04-01
processing consultation
2022-04-28
concluded
2022-11-11
concluded
2023-03-08
in consultation
2023-04-05
processing consultation
2023-04-28
concluded
2023-07-10
in consultation
2023-08-07
processing consultation
2023-11-27
concluded
2024-03-18
in consultation
2024-04-17
processing consultation