Microsoft’s attempt to placate Australian subscribers with an apology and a refund offer after folding Copilot into consumer Microsoft 365 plans has had the opposite of the intended effect: the remediation has amplified the regulator’s allegations, produced fresh documentary evidence and...
Microsoft has been forced into a rapid‑fire damage‑control exercise in Australia after the competition regulator took the company to federal court, alleging that the way Microsoft bundled its Copilot AI into consumer Microsoft 365 plans misled as many as 2.7 million Australians and nudged...
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Microsoft's entry of Copilot into consumer Microsoft 365 subscriptions and the way that rollout was communicated to customers has escalated into a major legal showdown: the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has commenced Federal Court proceedings alleging Microsoft misled...
Microsoft’s consumer-facing Copilot rollout has landed the company in federal court in Australia after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) accused Microsoft of misleading roughly 2.7 million subscribers by bundling Copilot into Microsoft 365 personal and family plans while...
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Australia’s competition regulator has launched a Federal Court action accusing Microsoft of misleading roughly 2.7 million Australian consumers after the company bundled its Copilot generative‑AI features into Microsoft 365 and raised subscription prices — and the case now tests where...
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