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Australia needs ex-ante rules for Big Tech aligned with EU, UK: top regulator

By Saloni Sinha ( February 17, 2025, 07:10 GMT | Insight) -- A designation-specific digital-platforms code and service model would align Australia with jurisdictions such as the EU and the UK, enabling the competition regulator to “gain a scale” in its regulatory efforts, a key official said. In a parliamentary hearing late last week, Gina Cass-Gottlieb, the chair of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, advocated for forward-looking ex-ante regulations, saying the regulator thought “very carefully” about the framing of the recommendation on the designation-specific code.A designation-specific digital-platforms code and service model would align Australia with jurisdictions such as the EU and the UK, enabling the competition regulator to “gain a scale” in its regulatory efforts, a key official said....

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