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South Africa’s Competition Commission on Monday said it had referred Facebook owner Meta Platforms to a tribunal for allegedly abusing its dominant position in the market.

to a tribunal for allegedly abusing its dominant position in the market.

“We’ll stay vigilant to emerging threats and take additional steps, if necessary, to prevent abuse on our platform while also empowering people in Australia to use their voice by voting,”Josh Machin, the company’s Australian chief of public policy,said in a statement that is to be posted online. The Facebook Protect security program for high-profile individuals launched in Australia in December, with the company vowing to work with election officials and political parties to offer training for candidates on its policies and tools and ways to keep safe.

Ads by unauthorised parties, without funding disclosure,would be taken down and stored in a public archive for seven years, it added.

 

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