FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen at the company's logistics center in Bretigny-sur-Orge, near Paris, France, December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Amazon.com Inc has declined to describe its product-search system to an Australian competition regulator that has heard complaints of large marketplace platforms giving preference to in-house wares.
The company's withholding of the information sets the scene for a possible repeat of Australia's 2021 showdown with Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google, which resulted in those firms paying content royalties to media organisations.
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