Digital Inquiry
‘Completely joined up’: How Australia united the regulatory world against Big Tech
Competition agencies around the globe are increasingly working together to take action against tech giants. And Australia started the trend.
- by Laurel Henning and James Panichi
Latest
Internet speed boost for Qld schools as audit shows NSW 200 times faster
A survey of 150 community organisations in Queensland shows digital technology is a driver of exclusion - not inclusion - and is worsening social dislocation.
- by Tony Moore
Opinion
Media & marketing
No more Google searching? Big tech and publishers reach for their guns
Google and Facebook threaten to banish Australian users as an inquiry into the use of Australian media content becomes an old-fashioned showdown.
- by Tony Wright
Opinion
Social media
After two years without Facebook, I won't be back
Turning easy access to news on Facebook into a bargaining chip with policymakers is irresponsible and short-sighted.
- by Jennifer Duke
Google slams 'heavy-handed' approach of landmark news code
Google has lashed a new code of conduct that will force tech giants to pay media companies for their news content, warning the government intervention will hinder the company's ability to service Australian users.
- by Fergus Hunter and Zoe Samios
Analysis
The Morning Edition podcast
Please Explain podcast: Treasurer unveils code to rein in digital giants
In this episode, national editor Tory Maguire is joined by media and telecommunications journalist Zoe Samios to discuss the implications of the draft code for Australian media and the companies.
- by Tory Maguire
Opinion
Digital transformation
The titans of tech had their day of reckoning. Now what?
The chief executives of Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Google were grilled about their anti-competitive activities by a US congressional committee.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
International digital platform tax plan in disarray after US warning
Donald Trump has jettisoned international negotiations that were crucial to making Silicon Valley firms pay more tax in Australia.
- by Bevan Shields
Media going soft on Frydenberg while awaiting digital media policy: Labor
News outlets are giving the Treasurer an easy run in the hope they will benefit from the looming decision on digital media policy, Labor's Jim Chalmers claims.
- by David Crowe
No significant commercial benefit from having news on platform: Facebook
The tech giant has threatened to reduce the availability of news on its platform in Australia if a code of conduct forcing it to share revenue with media outlets is introduced.
- by Fergus Hunter
Small news publishers concerned over carve-up of tech giants' payments
Most news publishers want to be paid by Google and Facebook via a collective pool of money, but want the option for one-on-one discussions with the tech platforms.
- by Zoe Samios
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