Australia proposing new laws to curb big tech market power

After a long study period, Australia’s anti-trust body has proposed a series of new laws, regulations, and penalties intended to constrain Apple, Google, and others.

An Apple Store in Sydney AustraliaAn Apple Store in Sydney Australia

Apple and Google have both previously protested against the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) antitrust investigations, and most recently Google was fined $40 million by the regulator for location tracking. Now the ACCC has published what it calls an interim report, and which calls for extensive regulatory reform.

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