Competition Commission warns of digital platforms’ impact on SA media [SOUND]

# A provisional report by the Competition Commission’s Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry reveals how social media tech giants dominate South Africa’s media advertising market. The inquiry found Google enjoys a monopoly, through biased algorithms. Chairperson James Hodge calls for Google to compensate South African media houses with 500-million-rand annually over five years. He proposes a five-to-ten-percent digital levy on tech giants and algorithm adjustments to restore fair competition: