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ACCC boss watching US monopoly case against Google, hits back at tech giant’s ‘popularity’ – ABC News
Australia’s competition chief Rod Sims says he’s “delighted” that the US Government has Google in its sights in one of the biggest anti-trust lawsuits of the past…
Australia’s competition chief Rod Sims says he has been having “a lot of talk” with US regulators about Google’s monopoly power.
Key points:
- Google pays Apple $9 billion per year, to be its default search engine
- The ACCC has already filed two lawsuits against Google in the past year
- Facebook and Google may be forced to pay for news content if the media bargaining code is passed into law
He said he was also “delighted” that the US Department of Justice decided to file a lawsuit against the internet…
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