ACCC Wants Facebook To Strike Deals With Small Publishers Too
Australia’s consumer watchdog has called on Facebook to also ink deals with small, local publishers to avoid regulation under the government’s controversial... Read More
400 More Aussies Hit For $37 Million In Scam Wars
CANBERRA: Australians reported a record-breaking $37 million lost to Scamwatch dating and romance scams last year, the government-owned Australian Competition and Consumer... Read More
ACCC Concerned About MYOB’s GreatSoft Buyout
The ACCC has signalled it is wary of accounting software giant MYOB’s plan to acquire cloud-based practice management software provider GreatSoft, saying... Read More
Oz Watchdog Not Swayed By Google’s Latest News Service
SYDNEY: The competition watchdog the ACCC said Google’s newly-launched News Showcase ignores the main tenants of the Australian Government’s proposed media bargaining... Read More
Epic Games Takes Apple Legal Fight To The ACCC
Games developer Epic Games has taken its legal fight against Apple to the Australian market regulator, the ACCC. The creator of Fortnite,... Read More
ACCC Calls For Action To Slash Google Domination
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) – a major Australian Government agency – has again singled out Google for heavy criticism... Read More
ACCC Takes Facebook To Court Over Data-Mining VPN App
The ACCC is dragging Facebook before the Federal Court, accusing the tech giant of misleading users and mining their data with its... Read More
Aussie Consumers Embrace Mobile Age As Prices Tumble
SYDNEY: Mobile consumers fared better during 2019-20, successfully meeting the significant challenges posed by Covid-19, according to a report by the Australian... Read More
COVID-19 Broadband Boosts Lifted Video Streaming Performance
Broadband speed boosts during COVID-19 have been good news for streaming services like Netflix and YouTube, which saw performance improve over pre-pandemic... Read More
Kogan Fined $350k Over Dodgy Tax Time “Discounts”
The Federal Court has slugged Kogan with a $350,000 fine for misleading consumers with fake discounts in a 2018 “Tax Time” sale.... Read More