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Meta was warned Australian watchdog could intervene in Dialogue antitrust case

By James Panichi ( August 19, 2025, 07:32 GMT | Insight) -- Lawyers for Meta Platforms spoke with senior officials at Australia’s competition watchdog to discuss an antitrust lawsuit filed against the tech giant’s Instagram platform, after the regulator warned it was considering intervening in the case, MLex can reveal. Correspondence released under Australian freedom-of-information laws shows that officials from the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission scheduled an April 2020 online meeting with Mark McCowan, the head of the competition practice at law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth.Meta Platforms’ lawyers spoke with senior officials at Australia’s competition watchdog to discuss an antitrust lawsuit filed against the tech giant’s Instagram platform, after the regulator warned it was considering intervening in the case, MLex can reveal....

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