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 included:
- internet search engine services
- social media services
- online private messaging services
- digital content aggregation platform services
- media referral services
- electronic marketplace services.
The direction also covered:
- digital platform service providers' digital advertising services
- the data practices of data brokers.
The ACCC provided the government with the first interim report on 30 September 2020. Further interim reports were delivered every 6 months.
On 23 June 2025, the ACCC published the final report of the Digital Platform Services Inquiry.
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Other inquiries
The ACCC also conducted the:
- Digital advertising services inquiry from 2020 to 2021
- Digital platforms inquiry from 2017 to 2019.