The Australian government talks a big game when it comes to its crusade against Google and Facebook.
In December, Prime Minister Scott Morrison signalled his government would send tech companies, media companies and the ACCC into the same room to hammer out a code of conduct to tackle “bargaining power imbalances”.
Its response to the ACCC’s Digital Platforms Inquiry is shrouded in the kind of bureaucratic ambiguity you would expect. But now the government, in a written response to Business Insider Australia, has revealed a little of what Google and Facebook are expected to give up.