Surveillance capitalism's companies disappointed by EU laws meant to protect people

Fortune, here. 

7 Reasons Why Europe's Antitrust Cases Against Google Are A Big Deal

Forbes, here. 

The Dystopian Future of Price Discrimination

C. O'Neil, here. 

Google DeepMind and healthcare in an age of algorithms

• H. Hodson, J. Powles, here. 

New Study Is Scathing Of DeepMind’s Use Of Patient Data

HuffingtonPost, here. 

Algorithms and competition

M. Vestager, here.

Large friendly letters?

"It's true that the idea of automated systems getting together and reaching a meeting of minds is still science fiction (emphasis added)". This excruciatingly reminds me that it has been rather long since I've been back from a refreshing break and that I've still a couple of posts pending...

EC introduces new anonymous whistleblower tool

Press Release, here.