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Australia tells Facebook and Google to commit to competition rules, or else

By Colin Packham

Dec 13 2019 6:55AM

New rules to ensure they do not abuse their market power and damage competition.

Australia tells Facebook and Google to commit to competition rules, or else

Australia said on Thursday technology giants such as Facebook Inc and Google will have to agree to new rules to ensure they do not abuse their market power and damage competition, or the government will impose new controls on them. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the Australian Competition ...

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