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Decoding Qantas' "Ghost Flights" Scandal, Which Led To $66 Million Penalty
Australia's competition watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, revealed that Qantas "admitted that it misled consumers" by advertising seats on tens of thousands of flights, despite the fact that these flights had alread
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Elon Musk's X Fights Australian Watchdog Over Church Stabbing Posts
Elon Musk's X said Saturday it will fight an Australian watchdog's order to take down content related to the brutal stabbing of a priest during a live-streamed Sydney church service.
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Doritos Seasoning Under Scrutiny For Health Impact On Australian Workers: Report
A labor union reports that workers who have been exposed to the seasoning of spicy corn chips are expressing health-related complaints.
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Elon Musk's X Fails To Pay $388,000 Australian Internet Watchdog Fine
Elon Musk's X has not paid a fine imposed for failing to outline its plans to stamp out content depicting child sexual abuse on the platform, Australia's internet safety watchdog told AFP on Tuesday.
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Australian Watchdog Asks for Stakeholders’ Views on Data Brokers Like Oracle in Attempt to Regulate Sector
Australia's competition watchdog on Monday asked consumers, businesses and other relevant stakeholders to provide their views about the business practices of data brokers in an attempt to regulate the country's digital platform services sector.
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Tech Giants Could Face Fines Worth Up to 5 Percent of Annual Turnover Under Proposed Australian Laws
Tech giants could face billions of dollars in fines for failing to tackle disinformation under proposed Australian laws, which a watchdog on Monday said would bring "mandatory" standards to the little-regulated sector.
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Australia Plans To Fine Tech Giants Upon Failure To Tackle Disinformation
Tech giants could face billions of dollars in fines for failing to tackle disinformation under proposed Australian laws, which a watchdog on Monday said would bring "mandatory" standards to the little-regulated sector.
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Australian Watchdog Says Twitter Top Platform for Online Hate, Demands Explanation as Company Faces Fine
An Australian cyber regulator on Thursday said it has demanded Twitter explain its handling of online hate as the microblog has become the country's most complained-about platform since new owner Elon Musk lifted bans on a reported 62,000 accounts.
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Australia's Corporate Watchdog Suspends FTX Australia's Financial Services License
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) announced late Tuesday that it had suspended the Australian financial services license of FTX Australia until May 15, 2023. The agency had previously placed the local FTX affiliate in voluntary administration on November 11.
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Google Ordered To Pay $43 Million For Misleading Users: Australian Watchdog
Australia's competition watchdog said on Friday that Alphabet Inc's Google unit was ordered by the country's Federal Court to pay A$60 million ($42.7 million) in penalties for misleading users on collection of their personal location data.
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Australian Crypto Investors Got Advice From YouTube Videos: Regulator
Nearly half of Australian retail investors owned cryptocurrency in late 2021 and more got their information from YouTube videos than from financial advisers, the securities watchdog said on Thursday, calling the data a "strong case for regulation".
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Uber Admits to Claims It Misled Australian Consumers About Ride Fare Estimates, Cancellation Fees
Australia's competition watchdog is suing Uber Technologies Inc and seeking an AUD 26 million (roughly Rs. 140 crore) fine from the ride-hailing platform after it admitted to misleading consumers about ride fare estimates and cancellation fees.
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SelfWealth to Become Australia’s First Brokerage Firm With Crypto Offerings
Australian online share trading platform SelfWealth is set to offer crypto-related services to its base of over 100,000 users. The company is currently waiting for approvals from Australian financial watchdog AUSTRAC. In its initial phase, SelfWealth will allow users to trade in five cryptocurrencies.
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Cryptocurrency: Australian Regulator Provides Guidance for Crypto-Asset Products
Australia's corporate watchdog said that holders of underlying crypto-asset investment products would need a licence, as part of a new set of guidance it hopes would improve transparency and protect investors.
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Australia Takes on Google's Online Advertising Dominance, Calls for Data Shakeout
Australia's antitrust watchdog said it wants the power to curb Google's use of Internet data to sell targeted ads, saying the Big Tech firm dominated the market to the point of harming publishers, advertisers, and consumers.
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Decoding Qantas' "Ghost Flights" Scandal, Which Led To $66 Million Penalty
Australia's competition watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, revealed that Qantas "admitted that it misled consumers" by advertising seats on tens of thousands of flights, despite the fact that these flights had alread
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Elon Musk's X Fights Australian Watchdog Over Church Stabbing Posts
Elon Musk's X said Saturday it will fight an Australian watchdog's order to take down content related to the brutal stabbing of a priest during a live-streamed Sydney church service.
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Doritos Seasoning Under Scrutiny For Health Impact On Australian Workers: Report
A labor union reports that workers who have been exposed to the seasoning of spicy corn chips are expressing health-related complaints.
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Elon Musk's X Fails To Pay $388,000 Australian Internet Watchdog Fine
Elon Musk's X has not paid a fine imposed for failing to outline its plans to stamp out content depicting child sexual abuse on the platform, Australia's internet safety watchdog told AFP on Tuesday.
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Australian Watchdog Asks for Stakeholders’ Views on Data Brokers Like Oracle in Attempt to Regulate Sector
Australia's competition watchdog on Monday asked consumers, businesses and other relevant stakeholders to provide their views about the business practices of data brokers in an attempt to regulate the country's digital platform services sector.
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Tech Giants Could Face Fines Worth Up to 5 Percent of Annual Turnover Under Proposed Australian Laws
Tech giants could face billions of dollars in fines for failing to tackle disinformation under proposed Australian laws, which a watchdog on Monday said would bring "mandatory" standards to the little-regulated sector.
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Australia Plans To Fine Tech Giants Upon Failure To Tackle Disinformation
Tech giants could face billions of dollars in fines for failing to tackle disinformation under proposed Australian laws, which a watchdog on Monday said would bring "mandatory" standards to the little-regulated sector.
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Australian Watchdog Says Twitter Top Platform for Online Hate, Demands Explanation as Company Faces Fine
An Australian cyber regulator on Thursday said it has demanded Twitter explain its handling of online hate as the microblog has become the country's most complained-about platform since new owner Elon Musk lifted bans on a reported 62,000 accounts.
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Australia's Corporate Watchdog Suspends FTX Australia's Financial Services License
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) announced late Tuesday that it had suspended the Australian financial services license of FTX Australia until May 15, 2023. The agency had previously placed the local FTX affiliate in voluntary administration on November 11.
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Google Ordered To Pay $43 Million For Misleading Users: Australian Watchdog
Australia's competition watchdog said on Friday that Alphabet Inc's Google unit was ordered by the country's Federal Court to pay A$60 million ($42.7 million) in penalties for misleading users on collection of their personal location data.
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Australian Crypto Investors Got Advice From YouTube Videos: Regulator
Nearly half of Australian retail investors owned cryptocurrency in late 2021 and more got their information from YouTube videos than from financial advisers, the securities watchdog said on Thursday, calling the data a "strong case for regulation".
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Uber Admits to Claims It Misled Australian Consumers About Ride Fare Estimates, Cancellation Fees
Australia's competition watchdog is suing Uber Technologies Inc and seeking an AUD 26 million (roughly Rs. 140 crore) fine from the ride-hailing platform after it admitted to misleading consumers about ride fare estimates and cancellation fees.
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SelfWealth to Become Australia’s First Brokerage Firm With Crypto Offerings
Australian online share trading platform SelfWealth is set to offer crypto-related services to its base of over 100,000 users. The company is currently waiting for approvals from Australian financial watchdog AUSTRAC. In its initial phase, SelfWealth will allow users to trade in five cryptocurrencies.
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Cryptocurrency: Australian Regulator Provides Guidance for Crypto-Asset Products
Australia's corporate watchdog said that holders of underlying crypto-asset investment products would need a licence, as part of a new set of guidance it hopes would improve transparency and protect investors.
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Australia Takes on Google's Online Advertising Dominance, Calls for Data Shakeout
Australia's antitrust watchdog said it wants the power to curb Google's use of Internet data to sell targeted ads, saying the Big Tech firm dominated the market to the point of harming publishers, advertisers, and consumers.
