Abstract

In this paper, we undertake a stakeholder analysis of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Digital Platforms Inquiry to understand the nature and influence of different forms of public input. Our findings show that nation-state regulation of digital platforms is now very much on the policy agenda worldwide, with a focus upon the competition policy dimensions of platform regulation. The second key finding is that the regulatory activism of the ACCC have ensured that the Inquiry and its findings have had maximum public impact. Finally, we argue that the key dynamic shaping the Inquiry was the competing demands of the traditional news media publishers and digital platforms, and that civil society input was relatively limited and secondary to the final recommendations.

摘要

在本文中，我们对澳大利亚竞争和消费者委员会的数字平台调查进行了利益相关者分析，以了解不同形式的公共投入的性质和影响。我们的发现表明，国家对数字平台的监管现在已成为全球政策议程的重中之重，重点放在平台监管的竞争政策维度上。第二个主要发现是，ACCC的监管行动已确保该调查及其调查结果具有最大的公众影响力。最后，我们认为影响调查的主要动力是传统新闻媒体出版商和数字平台的竞争需求，民间社会的投入相对有限，仅次于最终建议。