Australia takes on Google advertising dominance as battle against Big Tech intensifies
By Reuters
By Byron Kaye
Sydney - An Australian regulator is considering letting internet users choose what personal data companies like Google share with advertisers, as part of the country s attempts to shatter the dominance of tech titans.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) also proposed limiting the internet giants ability to access users online histories to cross-sell products.
The proposals were part of the ACCC s interim report into digital advertising in Australia, a A$3.4 billion ($2.6 billion) market the regulator said is marked by a lack of competition, transparency and choice.
News by Kerry Warren and Nina Funnell 25th Jan 2021 7:55 PM Sexual assault survivor Grace Tame, 26, from Hobart, has been named 2021 Australian of the Year for her bravery in shining a light on child sexual abuse, trauma impacts, and the warning signs of grooming. Grace is the first Tasmanian to win the top gong in the awards 61-year history. She rose to prominence via News Corp s #LetHerSpeak campaign which in 2019, took her legal case to be able to publicly self-identify as a rape survivor to the Supreme Court of Tasmania, and won. At the time, it was against the law for many sexual assault survivors in Tasmania to speak out under their own names due to an archaic victim gag-law. The legal victory then helped pave the way for the campaign to overhaul oppressive victim gag laws across the country, and another 16 sexual assault survivors have received legal assistance via the campaign support since.
Sexual assault survivor Grace Tame named 2021 Australian of the Year
25 Jan, 2021 05:32 PM
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By: Kerry Warren and Nina Funnell
Sexual assault survivor Grace Tame, 26, from Hobart, has been named 2021 Australian of the Year for her bravery in shining a light on child sexual abuse, trauma impacts, and the warning signs of grooming.
Tame is the first Tasmanian to win the top gong in the awards 61-year history. She rose to prominence via News Corp s #LetHerSpeak campaign which in 2019, took her legal case to be able to publicly self-identify as a rape survivor to the Supreme Court of Tasmania, and won.
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Lawmakers in Australia want to force Google, Facebook, and others to pay for news that appears in search results and on their platforms. Now Google has threatened to block Search in Australia if the bill passes.