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What Australia's competition boss has in store for Google and Facebook

  • Written by Caron Beaton-Wells, Professor, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
What Australia's competition boss has in store for Google and FacebookGoogle will find it harder to expand, but there's only so much the ACCC can do.Shutterstock

Central to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Digital Platforms inquiry were two questions:

  • do Google and Facebook hold substantial power in crucial digital markets?

  • does this power pose a risk to competitive processes?

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