Opinion
Silence of the ad lambs: Google, Facebook's sprawling, covert influence and overt funding has strangled open industry debate in Australia
Netflix's The Social Dilemma (watch it at all costs). Advertisers must contain Big Tech, yet have almost entirely funded its growth.
The tech giants are either funding, are on the boards or are important to the revenues of most Australian advertising and marketing industry associations, big consulting firms, the market research industry, PR groups, global ad agency networks and an armada of independent, local agency entrepreneurs and advisors. Few will talk publicly on the current, bitter stoush between Big Tech, the ACCC, the Federal Government and Big Media, except for those disdainful of Big Media – News Corp particularly.
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