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Round-up of the latest news European telecoms groups link up to bid for mobile satellite spectrum Microsoft withdraws from UK data centre over power issues Meta introduces new business terms that grant ‘broad scraping permissions’ UK asks apple to widen access to its payment tech Publishers join forces to contest India’s privacy law Digital Networks… [Read More]

Unpacking the European Commission’s Proposals Digital markets players in the European Economic Area (EEA) potentially face new regulation to deliver greater competition and innovation for the use of data, while protecting consumers’ rights. Social networks, search engines and e-commerce sites are just some of the digital platforms that will likely be most affected by these… [Read More]

‘Fair remuneration’ to address power of digital platforms The Australian government will introduce a binding code, designed to address the power imbalance between news media businesses and digital platforms, says telecompaper. The ‘News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code’ code establishes a negotiating framework enabling parties to bargain in good faith and reach binding agreements. If… [Read More]

Governing AI in AustraliaIs there a case for regulation? 6pm – 8pmWednesday, 30 October 2019Kindly hosted by Herbert Smith Freehills The dawn of intelligent robots. Clouds and deep-learning machines. Big data and black-box algorithms. Artificial intelligence could upend every aspect of our lives. For one billion people with disability in the world, technology can transform… [Read More]