The ACCC chairman is in the spotlight at a moment in history where governments are trying to figure out how to rein in a tech industry that has grown unchecked for many years.
The venue was Cliftons, a conference centre on Margaret Street in Sydney's CBD. The date was March 18, and executives from Google and Facebook, two of the most influential companies of the past quarter of a century, were arguing to a room full of media, technology and regulatory executives that they do not have market power.
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