DOSSIER / ACTORACTOR · PLATFORM
Meta
Meta Platforms
Status Tracked
Owns Facebook and Instagram; opposed the News Bargaining Incentive in its June 2026 submission and has argued the charge breaches the Australia-United States free trade agreement.
- Last on record
- 2026-09
- Named in
- 4 articles
- Across
- 3 cases
Named in 4 articles across 3 cases 13 connections: companies 10, mechanisms 1, regulators and bodies 2
Key figure on file
58 and 57 months
How long the Optus White Pages investigation and the Meta case each ran, on this article’s basis, before either produced an outcome.
Fig. 01 / Where this name appears
The Privacy Rort58 and 57 monthsHow long the Optus White Pages investigation and the Meta case each ran, on this article’s basis, before either produced an outcome.2 articles →Media Ownership11 article →The Roads Rort11 article →
Fig. 01Source: article scan · every article naming itAs of 2026‑09Auto-assembled
Fig. 02 / On the record
- 58 and 57 monthsHow long the Optus White Pages investigation and the Meta case each ran, on this article’s basis, before either produced an outcome.Nearly five years →
- $2.22 millionThe maximum civil penalty per contravention that applied to the ACL, Medibank and Optus cases in this article; the Meta case carried a $1.7 million cap. Higher maximums have applied to conduct after 13 December 2022, but none of these cases involve conduct after that date.One penalty →
- $50 millionThe payment program Meta agreed to in December 2024; as part of the resolution the Commissioner withdrew the civil penalty case. It is not a civil penalty; the program pays affected people.One penalty →
Fig. 02Source: figures on file for this name, each tied to the article it came fromAs of 2026‑09Auto-assembled
Fig. 03 / Named together
Fig. 03Source: article scan · articles naming bothAs of 2026‑09Auto-assembled
02 / Connected in the graph
Companies 10
News CorpCOMPANY · MEDIA · 2NineCOMPANY · MEDIA · 2OptusCOMPANY · TELECOMMUNICATIONS · 2MedibankCOMPANY · HEALTH INSURANCE · 2Australian Clinical LabsCOMPANY · PATHOLOGY · 2TransurbanCOMPANY · TOLL ROADS · 1Seven West MediaCOMPANY · MEDIA · 1QantasCOMPANY · AVIATION · 1American ExpressCOMPANY · PAYMENTS · 1GoogleACTOR · PLATFORM · 1Mechanisms 1
The News Bargaining IncentiveMECHANISM · LEVY · 1Regulators & bodies 2
The OAICFEDERAL REGULATOR · 2The ACCCFEDERAL REGULATOR · 103 / The evidence chain
The Privacy Rort
01One penaltyTHE PRIVACY RORT · 02Nearly five yearsTHE PRIVACY RORT · Media Ownership
07The levy that was designed to raise nothingMEDIA OWNERSHIP SERIES: POSTSCRIPT · The Roads Rort
07What the media coveredTHE ROADS RORT ·