Australia’s Digital Platform Inquiry: We’ve Only Just Begun
Julie Clarke
Competition Policy International
Julie Clarke, ‘Australia’s Digital Platform Inquiry: We’ve Only Just Begun …’ (December 2019) 3(2) CPI Antitrust Chronicle 1
Also published as: Julie Clarke, ‘Australia’s Digital Platform Inquiry: We’ve Only Just Begun …’ (January 2020) Special Edition CPI Antitrust Chronicle 12
Between 2017-2019 the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission conducted a “world first” inquiry into digital platforms and their impact on media and advertising services markets. Its focus was Google and Facebook reflecting, their “influence, size and significance” in Australia. Concluding that these platforms have market power, the Final Report makes a raft of recommendations traversing competition, consumer, privacy, media, and broader public interest concerns. …