Media group tells regulator the big digital platforms are using anti-competitive practices• Sign up to receive the top stories in Australia every day at noon Google,Facebook and Apple beget too much power and are engaging in anti-competitive practices that are having a detrimental effect on journalism, News Corp Australia has told the competition regulator.“Digital platforms impose restrictive contract terms and engage in aggressive mergers and acquisitions in order to neutralise emerging competition and extend their market power, and ” Australias biggest media company said in a submission to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s digital platforms inquiry. Related: News Corp taxes David Speers with pro-trade roadshow | The Weekly Beast Related: Australians ignorant approximately social media data,ACCC chief warns Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com