The Australian arm of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp has called on the country’s competition regulator to break up Google, via Reuters. In an 80-page document submitted to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the media giant accused Google of abusing its market dominance in search to benefit its ad business, and it called for its search business to be separated from the rest of the company’s business units.
Echoing its earlier submission to the ACCC’s digital platforms inquiry, News Corp Australia claims that “Google has become an ‘unavoidable trading partner’ for consumers, media content providers and advertisers alike.” It says Google’s “anti-competitive” behavior threatens the sustainability of news and journalism,...
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