Tuesday, April 30, 2019

A doorbell company owned by Amazon wants to start producing “crime news” and it’ll definitely end well

NiemanLab, here

Whistleblowers: Company at heart of 97,000% drug price hike bribed doctors to boost sales

CNN, here

UK competition regulator approves $2.2bn PayPal-iZettle deal

FT, here. See also here and here and the whole decision here

What can the first blockchain antitrust case teach us about the crypto-economy?

K. Stylianou, here.

Live comments here

The once-hot robotics startup Anki is shutting down after raising more than $200 million

Recode, here

According to Advocate General Szupunar a service such as that provided by the AIRBNB portal constitutes an information society service

CJEU, Case C-390/18, here

The Schweitzer Review















Achat de crypto-monnaies: compte bloqué par une banque

Ici.

No-Fault Digital Platform Monopolization

M. Lao, here

Facebook accused of blocking wider efforts to study its ad platform

TechCrunch, here

Financial Data Aggregation e Account Information Services

Consob, qui

Facebook, Google are not publishers, says US anti-trust expert

Financial Review, here

Monday, April 29, 2019

Dynamic Competition in Dynamic Markets - A Path Forward

Conference, Live Stream (00:30 AM, 30 April 2019), here.  

Datenschutz-Aufsicht: Nutzung von Drohnen rechtlich "in der Regel nicht möglich"

Heise.de, hier

AI and decision making in organizations

D. Bouiller, Video here

Mastercard and Visa to slash inter-regional fees for tourist cards in EU

FinExtra, here

The impact and effectiveness of Innovate

FCA, here

Deeds not words: the next stage of the FCA’s innovation journey

C. Woolard, here

Werbebetrug mit Apps: Google wirft Hersteller aus Play Store

Heise.de, hier

New institutions are needed for the digital age

J. Tennison, FT, here

Friday, April 26, 2019

Barley unterstützt Vestager-Vorstoß gegen Digitalkonzerne

Hasepost.de, hier

Are (US) regulators out of ideas when it comes to Facebook’s unprecedented power and reach?

NYTimes, here

Regulators Around the World Are Circling Facebook

NYTimes, here.

Not hard to figure out who the dissenting FTC member might be.

Put Another Zero on Facebook’s Fine. Then We Can Talk.

K. Swisher, here

Some Amazon Sellers Are Paying $10,000 A Month To Trick Their Way To The Top

BuzzFeedNews, here

Facebook says it filed a US lawsuit to shut down a follower-buying service in New Zealand

TechCrunch, here

How Google treats Meredith Whittaker is important to potential AI whistleblowers

Venture Beat, here

Pons und Langenscheidt dürfen fusionieren

FAZ, hier (und hier).

EU-Wettbewerbskommissarin Vestager will Macht der Weltkonzerne neu regulieren

Handelsblatt, hier

Thursday, April 25, 2019

Amazon's Alexa Team Can Access Users' Home Addresses

Bloomberg, here

TAKING THE LEAD IN ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT: EVALUATING INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY

G. Gürkaynak, here

THE BRAVE BROWSER WILL PAY YOU TO SURF THE WEB

Wired, here

JD.com says putting chickens on the blockchain was great for business

TNW, here

Canada: Privacy Investigation of Facebook

Here

What is machine learning and why should I care?

CJR.org, here

Telematik-Versicherung: Ein Algorithmus entscheidet, wer sicher fährt

Netzpolitik.ord, hier

As Amazon Gets Bigger, Sellers Feel the Squeeze

Decrypted, Podcast here

Walmart unveils an A.I.-powered store of the future, now open to the public

TechCrunch, here

What has the EU ever done for us?

          Here


   "Oooh - peace...Shut up!"

La CNMC lanza una consulta pública sobre la publicidad online en España

Aquì

Accenture sued over website redesign so bad it Hertz: Car hire biz demands $32m+ for 'defective' cyber-revamp

The Register, here.  See also here.

Tesla plans to launch an insurance product ‘in about a month’

TechCrunch, here

Slapping Facebook's Wrist


Labor AI centre set for Melbourne

Innovationaus.com, here

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

FTC Charges Surescripts with Illegal Monopolization of E-Prescription Markets

Here

Digital Health Data and Information Sharing: A New Frontier for Health Care Competition?

J. Adler-Milstein, M. Gaynor, here

Warren v. Amazon on Twitter

Thread Here.

From the Dark Side to the Bright Side: Exploring Algorithmic Antitrust Compliance

A. Deng, here

Monopolkommission empfiehlt, die von Miba und Zollern beantragte Ministererlaubnis nicht zu erteilen

Stellungnahme, hier

Just like that

HT @UGambini

Apple muss Erben Zugang zu iCloud-Account eines Verstorbenen gewähren

Spiegel Online, hier

Brazil's antitrust watchdog probing banks over competition hurdles to fintech

Reuters, here. Nota técnica aqui

Nicknames come with the job

M. Vestager, Video here

Will Netflix eventually monetize its user data?

J. Mittell, here

THE DISTINCTIVE DNA OF EU ANTITRUST?

A. Ezrachi on CompetitionLore, here

One Country Blocks the World on Data Privacy

Politico EU, here

Building an AI workforce

A. Ng, Podcast here

Google & Amazon reach an agreement to bring their streaming video apps to each others’ platforms

TechCrunch, here

Shaping Choices in the Digital World

LINC, here

Google to suggest 10 browser and search engine alternatives for Android users in Europe

Venture Beat, here

BEUC calls for a cross-institutional scrutiny of Facebook’s data practices

BEUC, here

Broadband firms and government to hold talks over Google Chrome update

The Drum, here

Understanding the development of contemporary economics through major controversies : syllabus, lecture summaries and reflections

B. Cherrier, here

Event Recap: European AI Strategies

Center for Data Innovation, here

Singapore's "FinTech Fast Track" initiative is doing swimmingly well, thank you

IPKat, here

Revolut promises to grow up as it seeks new investment

FT, here

The privacy and antitrust worlds are starting to cross over

Iapp, here

Microsoft Edge for iOS and Android adds single sign-in, can now block Chrome and Safari access to some apps

ZDNet, here

Privacy, Obscurity and Keeping Economics Where it Belongs

G. Hull, here

Spotify lodges antitrust complaint against Apple: it’s ‘time to play fair’ in the music streaming industry

F. Bostoen, here

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

CPI Audio Interview with Philip Marsden

Here

The EDPB’s Narrow View of Contractual Necessity

HogamLovells, here

Guidelines 2/2019 on the processing of personal data under Article 6(1)(b) GDPR in the context of the provision of online services to data subjects

EDPB, here

‘A Convenient Life and a Good Life May Not Be the Same Thing’

The Atlantic, here

Data trusts: lessons from three pilots

ODI, here

German competition authority pushes the boundaries of abuse of dominance with infringement finding on online data collection

Bristows, here

The battle of Fintech is over, the battle of TechFin is about to begin

Daily Fintech, here

vzbv klagt erfolgreich gegen Google

vzbv, hier.

Competition watchdog strengthens ties with FBI to fight cartels

The Sydney Morning Herald, here

BMW, Qualcomm Battle Against VW, Renault on Connected Car Rules

Bloomberg, here

Former Mozilla exec: Google has sabotaged Firefox for years

ZDNet, here

Political Economy of the Quantum Information Age

C. Hoofnagle, here

Mastercard ruling: almost every UK adult could receive payout

TheGuardian, here

Mark Zuckerberg leveraged Facebook user data to fight rivals and help friends, leaked documents show

NBC News, here

Facebook says it never sells your data but these internal documents show exactly how much they value your data in dollars

BoingBoing, here

Apple and Qualcomm Settle All Disputes Worldwide

NYTimes, here

Elektronische und digitale Zahlungsdienstleistungen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Antwort der Bundesregierung, hier.  

Thursday, April 11, 2019

President of E-Commerce Company Pleads Guilty To Price Fixing

DoJ, here

Leave, Remain & Common Ground: Pragmatism in Dealing with Tech Giants

P. Marsden, here

Amazon Workers Are Listening to What You Tell Alexa

Bloomberg, here

Google’s Next Big Money Maker Could Be the Maps on Your Phone

Bloomberg, here

CMA alleges piano supplier illegally prevented price discounts

CMA, here

Sector inquiry on comparison websites - Bundeskartellamt wants to terminate infringements of consumer rights and demands new competences

Bundeskartellamt, here.

Rakuten, Booking.com and Expedia raided by Japan's antitrust watchdog over lodging price policy

Japan Times, here

How Capitalism Betrayed Privacy

T. Wu, here

ACM launches investigation into abuse of dominance by Apple in its App Store

ACM, here

Market study into mobile app stores

ACM, here

Monday, April 08, 2019

European data supervisor investigates Microsoft software used by EU

Reuters, here

The case against Facebook: A 'dataopoly' with too much market power

CBC, here

Competition in a globalised world: the role of public policies

Banque de France, Video here.
Interesting observations by the Governor on Fintech and Techfin start at 8:58:52.

Competition Policy for the Digital Era

J. Crémer Y.-A. de Montjoye, H. Schweitzer, here

Australia Passes Law to Punish Social Media Companies for Violent Posts

NYtimes, here

IMF warns that tech giants stifle innovation and threaten stability

The Guardian, here

Landlord 2.0: Tech’s New Rentier Capitalism

OneZero, here

CCPA public comments

Here

Facebook’s ad system seems to discriminate by race and gender

The Economist, here

Amazon Alexa is now HIPAA-compliant. Tech giant says health data can now be accessed securely

Stat News, here

Elizabeth Warren claims credit as Amazon demotes private label ads

FT, here

VW, BMW and Daimler Hindered Clean-Air Technology, European Regulator Says

NYTimes, here. See also here.

Changes to EU antitrust enforcement on Big Tech urged

FT, here

EU goes after Valve for ‘geo-blocking’ Steam activation codes

TechCrunch, here.
See also here.

Does Google meet its users’ expectations around consumer privacy? This news industry research says no

NiemanLab, here

Ethics guidelines for trustworthy AI

EC, here

Online Harms White Paper

UK Gov, here

The Problems with (Dominant) Platforms

G. Crawford, presentation here