Digital platform services inquiry 2020-2025
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
2020-2025
Reporting body: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
Type: Series of reports
Focus: Digital Platforms
Government in power: Coalition (2020-May 2022); Labor (May 2022-)
Background
ACCC directed by the Australian Government to conduct an inquiry into markets for the supply of digital platform services, including search engines, social media services, private messaging services, content aggregation services and data practices.
Follows Digital Platform Inquiry
Key reports
First interim report (September 2020)
internet search engines
social media
online private messaging
Second interim report (March 2021)
App marketplaces
Third interim report (September 2021)
Market dynamics and consumer choice screens in search services and web browsers
Fourth interim report (March 2022)
Online retail marketplaces
Fifth interim report (September 2022)
Regulation of digital platform services
Government provided response December 2022
Sixth interim report (March 2023)
‘Potential competition and consumer issues in the provision of social media services to consumers and businesses in Australia by social media platforms.’
Seventh interim report (September 2023)
Digital platform ecosystems
Eighth interim report (March 2024)
Data broker services in Australia
Issues paper released 10 July 2023
Ninth interim report (September 2024)
Supply of general search services
Issues paper released 18 March 2024