Requested cooperation with GAFA for legal development of the digital market Secretary-General Nov. 12:05
As the government is studying legislation to ensure transparency in digital market transactions, the secretary of the secretary of the secretary told the executives of four giant IT companies called GAFA that each company is working on improvement autonomously. I would like to develop the rules in a form. "
While it is pointed out that a huge IT company called GAFA is strengthening its monopoly power, the government is targeting companies that operate large-scale online shopping, etc., in order to ensure the transparency of transactions in the digital market. We are considering legislation such as requiring disclosure of contract terms.
In connection with this, the government interviewed four executives, Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon, at the Prime Minister's office on the morning of the 12th.
In this, each company showed an understanding of transparency, “Online products are competitive with offline products and should not be targeted only at large online operators” Opinions were also sought for careful consideration.
In response, the secretary of the secretary said, “In the rapidly changing digital market, the country should be able to improve the rules in a new way, with each company making efforts to improve itself. I would like to ask for your cooperation. ”