ACCC boss welcomes Guardian and Country Press Facebook deals
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It is too early to make a decision on the need to force tech giants Facebook and Google under the Morrison government’s media code as they continue to negotiate deals with media companies, says the head of the competition watchdog. The only criteria for success of the code was media companies being able to come to fair commercial deals with the big tech players,” Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims told
The Australian Financial Review.
Dominic Lorrimer
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has said the news media bargaining code, which became law at the end of February, would not apply to Facebook and Google if they reached agreements with enough media companies in Australia.