At A Glance: Wednesday 9 December
Headlines today: COVID-19 Statistics and restrictions; Vaccination approved in the US; New legislation to force tech giants to pay media......
Can the Solomon Islands really ban Facebook?
The Solomon Islands announced plans this week to ban Facebook. The Prime Minister, Manasseh Sogavare, said the move was made......
ACCC proposes draft code of conduct to force digital tech giants to compensate, remunerate Australian news media companies
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released a draft mandatory code of conduct to make multinational digital technology......
Google challenges ACCC’s draft code
A new bill requiring the internet giants to share advertising revenue with news media companies is currently being drafted by......
Defamation Appeal Failure Heralds Problems for Media
The NSW Court of Appeals has upheld a previous ruling from the Supreme Court of NSW, allowing Dylan Voller to......
Government backs voluntary code for digital platforms like Google
On Thursday, the Federal Government announced the recommendation they will be implementing from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)......
How ACCC will deal with Google and Facebook
A legal view on how competition will change for the big digital platforms – what will happen if they wish......
Rod Sims ramps up pressure on Facebook & Google
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chairman Rod Sims has released a scathing report on the market power and......
Court Rules in Favour of Dylan Voller in Facebook Defamation Case
Yesterday, in the Supreme Court of NSW, Justice Rothman answered ‘yes’ to the preliminary question of whether Dylan Voller had......
Social Electioneering
Scott Morrison as a Jedi, Bill Shorten laughing it up with Christina Kenneally, Clive Palmer’s cat videos – all this......