Australia shows how states can regulate platform corporations

Australia is a medium-sized state only, and a “technology taker” in global terms. Yet in two major decisions it has strongly regulated social media consumption, requiring internet giants to compensate domestic media firms for re-using their copy and banning social media use for people younger than 16. Patrick Dunleavy and Max Halupka argue that Australia’s experiences hold lessons for other nation states to grasp the nettle of public interest regulation.