The Senate's "Final Report on the Inquiry into the Influence of International Digital Platforms" has been made public today and it makes some spicy recommendations. The big one is a "new standalone watchdog that would coordinate 'collaboration efforts, common responsibilities and tasks' between the existing regulators and would give consumers and digital platforms a central place to turn to". More interesting is "legislating an individual's right to delete personal data in order to give users more control" and "laws and mandatory reporting in cases where big tech companies self-preference on their platforms, by giving their own content prominence over competitors". Dunno how many of these recommendations will come to fruition, lets see what happens in 2024. Check out the full report on Parliament's website.
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