On 10 February 2020 the Australian Government directed the ACCC to conduct an inquiry into markets for the supply of digital platform services.
Digital platform services covered by this direction include internet search engine services, social media services, online private messaging services, digital content aggregation platform services, media referral services and electronic marketplace services. The direction also covers digital advertising services supplied by digital platform service providers and the data practices of both digital platform service providers and data brokers.
On 27 November 2023, the ACCC released the seventh interim report for the Digital Platform Services Inquiry.
On 28 April 2023, the ACCC released the sixth interim report for the Digital Platform Services Inquiry.
On 11 November 2022, the ACCC released the fifth interim report for the Digital Platform Services inquiry.
On 28 April 2022, the ACCC released its fourth interim report as part of its inquiry into markets for the supply of digital platform services.
On 28 October 2021, the ACCC released its third interim report as part of its inquiry into markets for the supply of digital platform services.
This is the ACCC's second interim report as part of its inquiry into markets for the supply of digital platform services.
This is the ACCC's first interim report as part of its inquiry into markets for the supply of digital platform services. This report provides an in-depth focus on online private messaging services in Australia.