by Rosalyn Page | Jun 29, 2020 | digital advertising, digital platforms, digital platforms inquiry, Facebook, hate speech, media strategy, Social Media Marketing
Facebook has announced it’s tightening its rules around hurtful content as more brands boycott the platform. Facebook COO, Sheryl Sandberg, shared the platform’s renewed efforts from its second civil rights audit.
by Nadia Cameron | Jun 26, 2020 | ACMA, digital advertising, digital platforms, digital platforms inquiry, Facebook, fake news, media regulation, misinformation, Social Media Marketing
Harmful content, misinformation and fake news are firmly in the spotlight this week as protests escalate against the spread of racially insensitive content on social platforms and a new code of conduct for digital platforms enters circulation.
by Rosalyn Page | May 28, 2020 | adtech, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), cookies, digital platforms, digital platforms inquiry, OAIC, privacy, privacy act, privacy commissioner, privacy laws
IAB Australia hosted a data governance and consumer privacy webinar recently. As part of this, principal of one of Australia's most respected experts in privacy law and practice, Salinger Privacy, Anna Johnston, shared her thoughts on the future of privacy for the...
by Vanessa Mitchell | Dec 13, 2019 | accc, DiGi, digital advertising, digital marketing, digital platforms, Facebook, Google, IAB, media companies, Network 10, news corp, Nine, Seven West Media
Scepticism is emerging across the industry around whether the Australian Government's response to the ACCC's Digital Platforms Inquiry goes far enough to tackle the issue of digital platform dominance in the media and marketing landscape.
by Rosalyn Page | Nov 19, 2019 | ACCCC, customer data privacy, digital platforms, digital platforms inquiry, Facebook, Google, privacy
The takeover of smaller rivals by large digital platforms, which includes swagging their customer data sets, poses a threat to consumers’ choice and privacy, according to Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chair, Rod Sims.
by Rosalyn Page | Sep 16, 2019 | accc, digital platforms, digital platforms inquiry, Facebook
Facebook has responded to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) Digital Platforms Inquiry final report with both criticism and support, backing 20 of the 29 findings but arguing more must be done to identify the best policy frameworks for the...
