Watchdog to probe £4bn rip-off of loyal consumers

FT, here. 

SPOTIFY IS ASKING FAMILY-PLAN USERS FOR GPS DATA TO PROVE THEY LIVE AT THE SAME ADDRESS

Quartzy,here. 

Masayoshi Son, SoftBank, and the $100 Billion Blitz on Sand Hill Road

Bloomberg, here. 

Now we form not only the next economy, but also the next society

Wired, here. Very nice interview.

One Small Step for the Web...

T. Berners-Lee, here. 

Tim Berners-Lee tells us his radical new plan to upend the World Wide Web

Fast Company, here. 

The Commission’s Amazon probe: overcoming the antitrust paradox

F. Bostoen, here. 

Taking Antitrust Away from the Courts

G. Sitaraman, here. 

On Google's 20th birthday, here's a reminder of how dominant it's become

CNBC, here. 

Why should anybody trust Facebook with their personal data? Really, tell me, why?

Recode, here. 

Yes Facebook is using your 2FA phone number to target you with ads

TechCrunch, here.

Angelo’s “very early days” take on CADE’s Fintech investigation

Trento University Student, Presentation here.

Big Tech’s Purchases of Startups Under Microscope, FTC Chief Says

Big Law Business, here.

Android Phones are 10: For once, Google won fair and square

The Register, here.

Petrobras to pay $853m to resolve bribery charges in the US

FT, here.

How Do Hub-and-Spoke Cartels Operate? Lessons from Nine Case Studies

J. Harrington, here.

Open Government Data Report

OECD, here.

Competition Bureau to investigate Ticketmaster after CBC News/Toronto Star scalper investigatio

CBC, here.

European countries join Blockchain Partnership

DSM, here.

Italy joined today.

AI Strategies

T. Dutton, here. 

El retraso de la ley de pagos electrónicos en España provoca la fuga de las fintech a Irlanda

VozPopuli, aquì

Observatory on the Online Platform Economy Launched

Here.
No website yet?

Facebook Is Giving Advertisers Access to Your Shadow Contact Information

Gizmodo, here. 

America’s Courts Can’t Ignore the World

The Atlantic, here.

Warning! Bias alert, here. 

The case for publicly enforced online rights

E. Morozov, here. 

Platforms, ad industry unveil self-regulatory code to fight online disinformation

IAPP, here. 

Supreme Court upholds validity of Aadhaar, BJP calls it a historic judgement

Scroll-in, here. Ruling here. 

High time for rhyme and reason

P. Marsden, here. 

A bit "banalization of hipster," IMHO, but I can totally subscribe to this one:

and I'm also a bit of an"open movement" devotee myself:

Google announces an opt-out feature to ‘forced login’ on Chrome coming in mid-Oct

TechCrunch, here. 

Twitter’s approach to privacy

D. Kieran, here.

Amazon’s Approach to Privacy

Andrew DeVore, here.

Vendita biglietti per i concerti di musica dal vivo: avviata istruttoria nei confronti di Ticketone

A523, Provvedimento qui. 

Margrethe Vestager at Bloomberg Global Business Forum 2018

Video here, here.

Australian agency claims blockchain breakthrough

FinExtra, here. 

Regulator calls in Paypal's $2.2bn iZettle merger on day it completes

Cityam.com, here.

See CMA, here.

Cartel in the smart card chip market: Philips’ appeal dismissed and Infineon’s fine needs a second look

Judgments in Cases C-98/17 P Koninklijke Philips NV and Philips France v Commission and C-99/17 P Infineon Technologies AG v Commission, Press Release here.

The Effective Competition Standard: A New Standard for Antitrust

M. Steinbaum, M. Stucke, here. 

Exhaustion of intellectual property rights if there’s no Brexit deal

Gov.UK, here. 

UK Competition Appeal Tribunal Confirms Ban on Online Sales Is Inherently Restrictive of Competition

Cooley, here. 

Trust in blockchain based decentralized data infrastructures

B. Bodó et al., here. 

Nudge Turns 10: A Q&A With Cass Sunstein

Behavioral Scientist, here. 

ICO consults on privacy “regulatory sandbox”

Covington, here. 

Salesforce, AWS expand partnership with secure data sharing between platforms

TechCrunch, here. 

Public Consultation on Digital Ethics: Summary of outcomes

EDPS, here. 

European tech companies call on EU to toughen regulations

FT, here. 

John Oliver explains how Facebook is wreaking havoc overseas

Vox, here. 

The Alphabet Soup of Regulators in the Crypto Space Just Added a Few More Letters

Texas Lawyer, here. 

Intelligence artificielle : les banques françaises tâtonnent encore

La Tribune, ici. 

Analysing Apple Pay Transactions

Elcomsoft, here. 

Have ‘Big Tech’ Platforms Got Too Much Power?

S. King, here. 

Data, Innovation and Transatlantic Competition in Finance: The Case of the Access to Account Rule

G. Colangelo, O. Borgogno, here. 

The uncertain future for banking and regulation

S. King, here. 

Amazon Is Invading Your Home With Micro-Convenience

The Atlantic, here. 

Big Tech is overselling AI as the solution to online extremism

The Conversation, here. 

Google’s Forced Sign-in to Chrome Raises Privacy Red Flags

ThreatPost.com, here. See also here. 

STRATEGY ON NEW TECHNOLOGIES

UN Secretary General, here. 

How Platform Strategies Continue to Create Value

G. Parker, M. Van Alstyne, and P. Evans, here. 

AB InBev faces EU antitrust fine in Belgian beer case - sources

Reuters, here. 

Apple completes acquisition of Shazam, will remove ads from free version

Android Police, here. 

The Cryptocurrency Market

Source: @OxfordCompEcon

Why Instagram’s founders are leaving: dwindling independence from Facebook

TechCrunch, here. 

Drivers for Uber, Lyft are earning less than half of what they did four years ago, study finds

Market Watch, here. 

Helping the digital economy keep its promises

M. Vestager, here. 

Radical Markets versus Sensible Politics

Radical Markets, here. 

Bank customers increasingly open to big tech alternatives

FinExtra, here. 

The Ring is the smartphone

HT @flysanityfly

U.S. way behind the curve on open banking

American Banker, here. 

More on Chrome updates and headers

Unsearcher, here. 

Scott Galloway’s provocative predictions on Amazon, Walmart and the future of retail

Recode, here. 

Blockchain: Premiers éléments d’analyse

CNIL, ici. 

The Challenge of Digital Markets: First, Let Us Not Forget the Lessons Learnt Over the Years

P. Ibáñez Colomo, G. De Stefano, here. 

The next antitrust standoff — Big Tech’s use of data

Politico.eu, here. 

Grab-Uber Merger: CCCS Imposes Directions on Parties to Restore Market Contestability and Penalties to Deter Anti-Competitive Mergers

CCCS, here.

Singapore competition watchdog fines Uber and Grab $9.5m

FT, here. 

Technology is no longer simply an industry, it is a part of every industry

R. Slaughter, here.

Why the government must help shape the future of AI

Brookings, here.

Advantage China in the race to control AI?

FT, here.

The White House is considering an antitrust investigation into 'online platform bias' at Google and Facebook — read the leaked document here

Business Insider, here. See also here.

The Welfare Effects of Information

C. Sunstein, here.

Fifa transfer algorithm is 'ridiculous', says Premier League chief

The Telegraph, here.

Commission opens formal investigation into possible collusion between BMW, Daimler and the VW group on clean emission technology

EC, here.

Building smart transport with trust and confidence

M. Vestager, here.

E-mail: Google CEO denies bias in search results

Axios, here.

Work kicks-off to examine digital competition in UK

Gov.UK, here.

Brazil antitrust watchdog probes banks in cryptocurrency trade

Reuters, here. Proceedings here.

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE COMPETITION LAW AND ECONOMICS OF “FREE”

B.Edelman, D. Geradin, here.

Turkish Android Infringement Decision

Tough choice, but still my fav

Here, Google Translate from Turkish. Two lovely ❤️ students of mine who speak this beautiful language will soon provide a better translation. 

Smart technology regulation is essential for innovation

J. Ryan, Video here. 

Brussels bids to get ahead of the curve with Amazon investigation

FT, here. 

An open governance model for the AMP Project

AMP, here. 

EU-Wettbewerbshüter untersuchen Amazon

FAZ, hier. 

HOW TO EXERCISE THE POWER YOU DIDN’T ASK FOR

J. Zittrain, here. 

Amazon Probed by EU on Data Collection From Rival Retailers

Bloomberg, here.  More info hier and here.

Mentioned this possibility in my "old" big data paper, here (written 2015! - amazing how the years just fly by)

Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements

Bloomberg, here. 

Android and Forking Restrictions: On the Hidden Closedness of “Open” (new, extended, more relaxed version)

S. Vezzoso (me), here.

French bookshops revolt after prize selects novel self-published on Amazon

The Guardian, here. 

Google admits changing phone settings remotely

BBC, here. 

Commission opens formal investigation into possible collusion between BMW, Daimler and the VW group on clean emission technology

EC, here. 

BUNDESKARTELLAMT VS FACEBOOK: TIME TO REFRESH ‘GDPR’S WALL’?

A. Massolo, here. 

THE ONLINE HOTEL BOOKING MONITORING EXERCISE

F. Manca, here. 

COPYRIGHTS ON DATA AND COMPETITION POLICY IN THE DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET STRATEGY

V. Falce, here. 

ALGORITHMIC OPACITY AND EXCLUSION IN ANTITRUST LAW

M. Patterson, here. 

Resale Price Maintenance and Artificial Intelligence

Hausfeld, here. 

Google-Deal lässt Aktienkurs von Tomtom um 30 Prozent fallen

FAZ, hier. 

Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl: Reformierte Verbandsarbeit

Bundeskartellamt, Fallbericht, hier. 

Germany high court postpones YouTube intellectual property case for EU interpretation

Jurist.org, here. 

What is blocking blockchains? A common sense, legal evaluation

E. Mik, here. 

Google partners with Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi to put Android into millions of vehicles

TechCrunch, here. 

U.S. to Spare Some Apple Goods From Latest China Tariffs, Sources Say

Bloomberg, here. 

Top German court delays YouTube illegal uploads case to seek EU opinion

Euractiv, here. 

An Estonian Startup Is Undercutting Billion-Dollar Gaming Stores

Bloomberg, here. 

Le plan qui fait trembler les revues scientifiques

Le Monde, ici. 

New York sues the OCC over fintech charter rule

FinExtra, here. 

Banks jump on to the fintech bandwagon

FT, here. 

German Digital Market Power Modernization - Update

D. Sokol, here. 

The German Monopolies Commission’s Proposals Regarding Pricing Algorithms

Covington, here. 

Developments in competition law in Australia in 2018

Clifford Chance, here. 

Amazon should split into two companies to avoid antitrust scrutiny from Trump administration: Citi

CNBC, here. 

What makes a monopoly in the age of Amazon?

CNN, here. 

Salesforce expands integrations between its clouds, Google Analytics 360

ZDNet, here. 

EU antitrust ruling on Microsoft buy of GitHub due by October 19

Reuters, here. 

Spotify can tell if you’re sad. Here’s why that should scare you

The Guardian, here.

Google aktivierte von außen Stromsparmodus auf Android-9-Smartphones

Der Standard, hier.

Amazon Investigates Report That Employees Leaked Data for Bribes

Bloomberg, here. 

A public reckoning with the power of Big Tech

Book Forum, here. 

SIM cards with pre-installed services can be an aggressive practice: CJEU on Wind Tre

Recent-ecl.blogspot.com, here. 

Is fortnite becoming a relationship wrecker?

Divorce Online, here. 

Google Leadership’s Dismayed Reaction to Trump Election: A "Fun" Watch, Two Years Later

Breitbart, here.
Could boredom explain vote results and help build extremism?

"La régulation des télécoms doit s'étendre aux terminaux"

La Tribune, ici. Rapport ici.

How Game Apps That Captivate Kids Have Been Collecting Their Data

NYTimes, here. 

GOOGLE CHINA PROTOTYPE LINKS SEARCHES TO PHONE NUMBERS

The Intercept, here.

Here is Google's official response:

"We've been investing for many years to help Chinese users, from developing Android, through mobile apps such as Google Translate and Files Go, and our developer tools. But our work on search has been exploratory, and we are not close to launching a search product in China."

(Big) Data and the North-in-South: Australia’s Informational Imperialism and Digital Colonialism

M. Mann, A. Daly, here. 

FADING OUT THE ECHO OF CONSUMER PROTECTION

G. Noto La Diega, Presentation here. 

Apple 'wants to serve everyone,' says Tim Cook

Asian Review, here.

Class action in Italia contro Facebook: richiesta di rimborso per l’uso ‘abusivo’ dei dati

Business Insider, qui. 

F.T.C. Hearings Add to Efforts That Threaten Tech Industry

NYTimes, here. 

Think writing process

Here.

Ubernomics: Platform Monopolies & How to Fix Them

R. Pollock, here. 

Behördliche Durchsetzung des Verbraucherrechts?

R. Podszum, C. Busch, F. Hennig-Bodewig, hier. 

Viele Apps halten sich nicht an die neuen Datenschutzregeln

Handelsblatt, here. 

Open Energy

Fingleton Associates, here. 

Anatomy of an AI System

K. Crawford, V. Joler, here. 

IA, Big Data, robots : quels bénéfices en attendre ? À quelles conditions ?

Anvie, ici. 

FAIR PLAY: Apple’s Shazam Deal Shows EU Eyeing, Not Halting, Big Data

Bloomberg, here. 

Teller has abused its dominant position by using rebates conditional on exclusivity and provisions regarding exclusivity

Danish Competition and Consumer Authority, here. 

A Right to Reasonable Inferences: Re-thinking Data Protection Law in the Age of Big Data and AI

S. Wachter, B. Mittelstadt, here. 

Zu hohe Maklergebühren? Grüne fordern Kartellamts-Prüfung

Die Welt, hier. 

Haftung von YouTube für Urheberrechtsverletzungen

Bundesgerichtshof, hier.

Promoting fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services

EP, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, Draft Report, here. 

SENIOR GOOGLE SCIENTIST RESIGNS OVER “FORFEITURE OF OUR VALUES” IN CHINA

The Intercept, here. 

Sector Inquiry Health

The Austrian Pharmacy Market, here. 

Congress seeks probe of deepfakes

Axios, here. 

FTC Hearings

FTC, here. Videos available here.

Economists (and Economics) in Tech Companies

S. athey, M. Luca, here. 

iTunes: Verwirrung um verschwundene Filme

Heise.de, hier. 

Man jailed in Italy for selling fake TripAdvisor reviews

The Guardian, here. 

Where in the World Is Larry Page?

Bloomberg, here. 

How to Reform the Law on Abusive Practices: The study that will serve as a basis for reform in Germany (and Europe?)

R. Podszun, here.
Bericht hier.

Retail banking remedies: an update

CMA, here 

Regulatory complaint concerning massive, web-wide data breach by Google and other “ad tech” companies under Europe’s GDPR

Brave, here. 

Angriff auf Werbemarkt: Brave reicht DSGVO-Beschwerde gegen Google ein

Heise, hier. 

The Misguided Assault on the Consumer Welfare Standard in the Age of Platform Markets

D. Melamed, N. Petit, here.

Google’s location privacy practices are under investigation in Arizona

Washington Post, here.

Aptoide versus Google and the boundaries of competition law

I. Graef, here. 

European Commission Fines Consumer Electronics Manufacturers €111 Million for Online Pricing Restrictions

Cooley, here. 

Online sales ban is by-object restriction, CAT holds

GCR, here. 

Google Is Rigged. Just Not the Way Trump Thinks It Is.

Skift, here. 

POUR UNE RÉFORME DU DROIT DE LA CONCURRENCE

Club des juristes, Rapport ici. 

Regulation and competition enforcement – a combined approach

A. Coscelli, here.

European Competition Law Is Hurting Consumers

National Review, here. 

Getting the best out of technology.

M. Vestager. here. 

The Proposed Australian Consumer Data Right: A European Comparison

S. Esayas, A. Daly, here. 

OECD discussion on the impact of blockchain on competition

Video here. 

Kommission Wettbewerbsrecht 4.0

BMWI.de, hier. 

The comprehensive consumer right to data

Competition Lore Podcast, here.

The Case for Rulemaking Under “Unfair Methods of Competition”

R. Chopra, Here.

Who has your data? Researchers scrutinize apps for undisclosed ties to advertisers, analytics companies

CBC, here.

Next Level Competition Law: The Study that will serve as a basis for the reform of abusive practices in Germany (and Europe?)

D-Kart, here.

Leitfragen der Bundesregierung an die Datenethikkommission

BMJV, hier.

Commission clears Apple's acquisition of Shazam

EC, here.

Modernisierung der Missbrauchsaufsicht für marktmächtige Unternehmen

DICE Consult im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWi), hier.

Amazon Sets Its Sights on the $88 Billion Online Ad Market

NYTimes, here.

Bringt Google endlich unter Kontrolle!

SZ, hier.

Google versus Orrin Hatch

FT, here. 

Altmaier will die Internetkonzerne zähmen

FAZ, hier.