Australian watchdog says media could ‘boycott’ Google and Facebook to force them to pay for news

News publishers could boycott Google and Facebook under ACCC proposal

Tech giants could be forced to pay for news on their platforms, and media businesses may be able to collectively boycott Google and Facebook under new proposals being considered by Australia's consumer watchdog.

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May 19, 2020(Reuters) – Canada’s competition watchdog said on Tuesday it had fined Facebook Inc <FB.O> C$9 million ($6.5 million) after an investigation found the social network made “misleading” claims about personal information of Canadians on Facebook and Messenger.The Competition Bureau said it found that Facebook’s privacy claims were not consistent with the way it shared personal data of users with some third-party developers.“Although we …

Facebook fined by Canada competition watchdog after privacy probe

Canada's competition watchdog said on Tuesday it had fined Facebook Inc C$9 million ($6.5 million) after an investigation found the social network made "misleading" claims about personal information of Canadians on Facebook and Messenger. Read More

Australia Watchdog Suggests News Boycott of Google, Facebook

Other mechanisms laid out in a 33-page "Concepts Paper" included bilateral negotiations between Australian media organisations and the two tech behemoths and collective bargaining involving all the...

Australia watchdog suggests news boycott of Google, Facebook

Australia’s competition watchdog suggested Tuesday that local media could organise a “collective boycott” of Google and Facebook to force the tech giants to pay for news they put on their platforms. The radical idea was among a series of possible bargaining tools put forward by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) as it considers […]

Australian media could boycott Google and Facebook, says competition watchdog

A "collective boycott" of Google and Facebook by Australian media has been floated by Australia's competition watchdog in an attempt to force the tech giants to pay for content they put on their platforms.