Search engines
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Web search engines
Report
Internet Search Engine Services Online Safety Code and under 16 social media ban
A report from an inquiry into the implementation of regulations aimed at protecting children and young people online, with particular reference to the Internet Search Engine Services Online Safety Code and the under 16 social media ban. It provides four recommendations, including a delay on the implementation.
Report
Digital platform services inquiry: interim report 9 - revisiting general search services
This report provides an updated analysis of the Australian search market following the emergence of generative AI. It finds that Google maintains its market dominance and reiterates previous recommendations for addressing potential consumer harms in the digital market.
Submission
Submission to the Digital platform services inquiry: interim report 9 - revisiting general search services
This submission uses insights from research at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society and considers questions raised in the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's Digital platform services inquiry issues paper on general search services. The submission specifically addresses questions around privacy and security risks, the use of generative artificial intelligence in...
Discussion paper
Digital platform services inquiry – September 2024 report revisiting general search services: issues paper
The purpose of this issues paper is to invite written submissions from interested parties to assist the ACCC in understanding the current nature of general search services, how market dynamics have changed since the third interim report, and how these changes may impact competition and consumer issues or give rise to new concerns.
Report
AI and automated decision-making in news and media
Automated systems and processes are a common feature of the news and media environment. This report introduces four key examples: search, recommendation, automated content moderation and curation, and advertising technology (AdTech).