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Former ACCC chair Rod Sims says Meta risking designation under NMBC

May 23, 2022 9:15

Former chair of the ACCC, Rod Sims has recommended Meta (formerly Facebook) be designated under the News Media Bargaining Code, in a report for the Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas.

Sims was chair of the ACCC for 11 years between 2011 and 2022, and has been a key figure at the centre of the world-first media legislation. The report, his first work since departing the ACCC earlier this year, was produced in order to help other regulators and legislators around the world looking to implement similar legislation.

Sims presenting at the media diversity inquiry last year

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Calum Jaspan was news editor at Mumbrella, based in Melbourne. He was also the producer and host of the Mumbrellacast. He left Mumbrella in May 2023.

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