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Someone else linked the Federal court judgement (http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/cth/FCA/2017/1305.html http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/vie
by bigger_cheese 8y ago
Someone else linked the Federal court judgement (http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/cth/FCA/2017/1305.html http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/cth/FCA/2...)
I had a skim through it. It quotes
"Section 18 of the Australian Consumer Law provides that a person must not, in trade or commerce, engage in conduct that is misleading or deceptive or is likely to mislead or deceive."
From skimming the judgement looks like a whistleblower reported them to ABC (television station)
"In October 2015, an Australian Broadcasting Corporation program went to air that raised issues about Meriton’s practices in relation to TripAdvisor."
This is probably what led to the ACCC investigation
In the court judgement there are internal emails submitted as evidence between executives where they discuss "masking" practice etc.
The email evidence is what got them convicted I think it reads to me anyway as pretty irrefutable evidence - they discuss in detail what they were doing and how they were knowingly violating ToS of Trip Advisor.