Thursday, May 23, 2019

The FTC’s Big Tech Revolving Door Problem

Public Citizen, here.


<= from 1:12 ICYMI (pure genius)

From David to Makan

Letter, here

Google faces first investigation by its European lead authority for “suspected infringement” of the GDPR

Brave, here

The start-ups building ‘dark kitchens’ for Uber Eats and Deliveroo

FT, here

Canada announces Digital Charter, promises serious fines to business for not protecting privacy

IT World Canada, here

India antitrust probe finds Monsanto abused dominant position

Reuters, here

OECD Principles on AI

OECD, here

N26 under fire from BaFin over money laundering failures

FinExtra, here

How Silicon Valley gamed Europe’s privacy rules

Politico.eu, here

Apple pledges clearer information on iPhone performance

Gov.UK, here

Irish regulator opens first privacy probe into Google

Reuters, here

Protecting Competition in the American Economy: Merger Control, Tech Titans, Labor Markets*

C. Shapiro, here

Female voice assistants fuel damaging gender stereotypes, says a UN study

MIT Technology Review, here

Open Banking hobbled by outages

FinExtra, here

Drug firms accused of illegal market sharing over anti-nausea tablets

CMA, here

Speaking points on the occasion of the first anniversary of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

V. Jourová, here

GitHub launches Sponsors, lets you pay your favorite open source contributors

TechCrunch, here

The radical plan to change how Harvard teaches economics

VOX, here

Blockchain sicher gestalten

BSI, hier

Court rules Uber must turn over data on driver congestion, double parkers to San Francisco

SFExaminer, here

GDPR Enforcement Tracker

Here

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

THE FUTURE OF DATA-DRIVEN FINANCE AND REGTECH: LESSONS FROM EU BIG BANG II

D. Zetzsche, D. Arner, R. Buckley, R. Weber here

Blockkedjeteknik utifrån ett konkurrensperspektiv

P. Lindblom for the Swedish Competition Authority, here

Unlocking digital competition

J. Furman, Oxford Martin School, Live here.

Retailer Amazon nears victory in rainforest battle over domain name

Reuters, here

Nie mehr WhatsApp? EU-Staaten könnten Messenger zur Öffnung zwingen

Netzpolitik, hier.

Trust, transparency and Tech

Policy Connect, here

Facebook and Google pressured EU experts to soften fake news regulations, say insiders

Open Democracy, here

Technology is messing with our emotions: an historical perspective

Chips with Everything Podcast, here

Cryptocurrencies are going mainstream – the battle is on to bring them under global control

Phys.org, here

Intesa nelle gare per l’assegnazione dei diritti internazionali del calcio in TV. Sanzionati MP Silva, IMG e B4 Capital per 67 milioni di euro

AGCM, here

Understanding the Digital Advertising Ecosystem and the Impact of Data Privacy and Competition Policy

US Senate, Hearing here.


<= This is how my students react when they understand how programmatic advertising works

This is Johnny's testimony, here

Ahem, ahem... AI engine said to be good as human docs at spotting lung cancer developing

The Register, here

Lithuanian DPA hands down GDPR fine to e-payment company

iapp, here. Google translation of the press release of the LT DPA here

Your Car Knows When You Gain Weight

NYTimes, here

Uber, Lyft drivers manipulate fares at Reagan National causing artificial price surges

WJLA, here

Google’s Huawei restrictions are a wake-up call for all Android phone makers

Venture Beat, here

Friday, May 17, 2019

POTs: Protective Optimization Technologies

S. Gürses et al., here.
And also Privacy after the Agile Turn, here.
And here

Blockchain: practices and perspectives

UNESCO, here

Justice and Data Market

S. Gürses, Video here

Datenschutz im digitalen Zeitalter: Umsetzung der Datenschutzgrundverordnung (DSGVO) – Bilanz ein Jahr nach Inkrafttreten

P. Schaar, A. Dix, hier

Open banking take-up in the Netherlands less than expected because government promoted GDPR so well

ComputerWeekly.com, here

How can we tell if Google is serious about privacy?

FT, here.

Merger Cooperation and Information Exchange: Types of Information

ICN, here

Uber offers chastening lesson for platform businesses of the future

FT, here

Google, avviata istruttoria per presunto abuso di posizione dominante

AGCM, here

Thursday, May 16, 2019

Clouds over Chicago but not so in Cartagena, Colombia


Do you remember that Finnish anti-discrimination board decision about algorithmic decision-making?

Available in English now, here

Concurrence et commerce : quelles politiques pour l’Europe ?

Conseil d'analyse économique, ici

Already wondering about your summer beach reads? Some great suggestions

J. Ito, here

Review of the VBER - process and timing

P. Bridgeland, here (41/95)

Commission fines Barclays, RBS, Citigroup, JPMorgan and MUFG €1.07 billion for participating in foreign exchange spot trading cartel

EC, here

Google’s new plan to push Google Pay in India: cashback incentives in Android apps

TechCrunch, here

Droht Google & Co. neues Ungemach aus Brüssel?

NZZ, hier

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

The Anti-monopoly Backlash Reaches the Supreme Court

TheAtlantic, here

The 'Scott Morton Review': How to Protect Competition and Consumers in Digital Markets

Report, here.

Chancen und Herausforderungen von DLT (Blockchain) in Mobilität und Logistik

BMVI, hier

BBC to launch 'public service algorithm' to break down filter bubbles

BBC, here

San Francisco becomes the first US city to ban facial recognition by government agencies

TheVerge, here

How the ICO’s Sandbox can help make your innovative idea a reality

ICO, here

Big Tech leapt on the blockchain bandwagon but its applications are stuck in cryptocurrency

The Register, here

App stores and (potential) abuses of dominance – an opportunity to reshape competition law enforcement in digital markets

D. Mandrescu, here

A Review of Competition Policy for the Digital Era

N. Petit, Presentation here

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Antitrust complaint on behalf of HIV patients alleging that Gilead conspired with other drug makers

Here

Unboxing Artificial Intelligence: 10 steps to protect Human Rights

Council of Europe, Recommendation, here.

Por ley buscan regular las empresas de criptomonedas

RCNRadio, aquì

People say they care about privacy but buy devices that can spy on them anyway

Vox, here

Die Datenmacht von Google und Co. Eine Gefahr für den Wettbewerb?

Bertelsmaan Stiftung, hier

Locked-in Data Production: User-Dignity and Capture in the Platform Economy

E. Bietti, here

FinTech or TechFin

C. Skinner, here

There is more to airline dynamic pricing than meets the eye

Podcast, from 10:35, here

Similarities and differences in the assessment of the same three vertical mergers

ICN, here

Vertical Restraints Project - Hypotheticals on Online Parity Requirements and Online Sales Bans

ICN, here

Commission opens investigation into Insurance Ireland data pooling system

EC, here

Monday, May 13, 2019

Chris Hughes on The Daily Podcast

Surprise: Amazon rolls out machines that pack orders and replace jobs

Reuters, here.

Première rencontre avec Mark Zuckerberg

C. O, ici

Global Platform Governance: Private Power in the Shadow of the State

H. Bloch-Wehba, here

Antitrust: gara Consip FM4, sanzioni per circa 235 milioni di euro

AGCM, qui.. Provvedimento qui.

Apple v. Pepper

US Supreme Court, here.


Update on Google Shopping

Here

Talking to the Law Student With a Novel Theory About Amazon’s Power

NYMag, here

The EU Needs to Reform the GDPR to Remain Competitive in the Algorithmic Economy

Center for Data Innovation, here

A new government agency to regulate all big tech companies.

Recode with C. Hughes, Podcast here

On sandboxes and those profound mysteries of the algorithmic age


Commission fines AB InBev €200 million for restricting cross-border sales of beer

EC, here

Marketing Agencies and Collusive Bidding∗ in Online Ad Auctions

F. Decarolis, M. Goldmanis, A. Penta, here

Friend portability is the must-have Facebook regulation FTC must pave the path to competition

Techcrunch, here

Allons-nous retrouver notre vie privée?

Lecho.be, ici. 

Saturday, May 11, 2019

Much ado about nothing? Online platform price parity clauses and the EU Booking.com case

A. Mantovani, C. Piga, C. Reggiani, here

Breaking Up Facebook Is Not the Answer

N. Clegg, here

New: Participative Antitrust Must Haves Playlist

On Spotify (fittingly?), here.  How it all started here. And this classic treatment in the literature (the file was there until last Saturday, I swear, but you can catch it up live sometime, perhaps, if you're lucky).

...and growing.



Why Google believes machine learning is its future

ArsTechnica, here

France seeks handle on Facebook algos to help combat hate speech

Reuters, here

Facebook sues analytics firm Rankwave over data misuse

TechCrunch, here

Competition Concerns in Labour Markets – Background Note

OECD, Background Note by the Secretariat, here

Licensing of IP Rights and Competition Law

OECD, Background Note by the Secretariat, here

Google, Amazon Patent Filings Reveal Digital Home Assistant Privacy Problems

Consumer Watchdog, here

Créer un cadre français de responsabilisation des réseaux sociaux : agir en France avec une ambition européenne

Rapport de la mission « Régulation des réseaux sociaux – Expérimentation Facebook », ici.  

Friday, May 10, 2019

The Blockchain (R)evolution and the Role of Antitrust

Antitrust Digest, here

Millions of people uploaded photos to the Ever app. Then the company used them to develop facial recognition tools.

NBC News, here

Competition and the rule of law

M. Vestager, here

Rod Sims, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

Capitol Forum, Interview here (Video).

Nest, the company, died at Google I/O 2019

ArsTechnica, here

Antitrust and Innovation: Welcoming and Protecting Disruption

G. Federico, F. Scott Morton, C. Shapiro, here

India orders anti-trust probe of Google for alleged Android abuse - sources

Reuters, here

Antitrust Reading List Proposed by Chris Hughes

Here. And more suggestions here

Mark Zuckerberg has to go. Here are 25 reasons why

The Guardian, here

The German Facebook Antitrust Case Viewed from Brussels?

M. Vestager, here.

Asnef-Equifax is an "interesting" ruling, to be understood in the specific context of the case. My impression is that EU judges would be willing to view things differently today...

Dublin-based Ion Group in talks to buy Mergermarket owner

FT, here

Fintech and Blockchain: Where Silicon Alley Meets Hyperconverged Infrastructure

BankInnovation.net, here

2019 Explainable Artificial Intelligence: Can We Hold Machines Accountable?

Silicon Flatirons Conference, Videos here

GOOGLE’S NEW PRIVACY FEATURES PUT THE RESPONSIBILITY ON USERS

Wired, here

Expedia Under Investigation by Utah Over Hotel Collusion Claims

D. McLaughlin, here.

Not the first time that Expedia and TravelPass lock horns, here

Thursday, May 09, 2019

2019 ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION CONFERENCE - DIGITAL PLATFORMS, MARKETS, AND DEMOCRACY: A PATH FORWARD

Stigler Center, 15-16 May 2019,  here. Live streaming!

Regulating Facebook and Google Pt 1: Markets

Capitalisn't Podcast, here

Japan's 'information banks' to let users cash in on personal data

Nikkei, here

Deep Dive into Real-Time Bidding (RTB)

R. van Eijk, Video here

Zuboff's book everywhere

My provisional take (but sadly no Ascola paper on the topic - max one individual paper pp - but apparently *two* co-authored papers are fine), here

Essential California: Why San Francisco banned cashless stores

LATimes, here

Automating Society: Taking Stock of Automated Decision-Making in the EU

AlgorithmWatch in cooperation with Bertelsmann Stiftung, supported by the Open Society Foundations, here.

Evaluating the EC Private Data Sharing Principles

B. Gonzalez Otero, here

A FRAND Regime for Dominant Digital Platforms

M. Heim, I. Nicolic, here

Exploring the Interfaces Between Big Data and Intellectual Property Law

D. Gervais, here

It’s Time to Break Up Facebook

NyTimes, here

2. Öffentliche Sitzung der Datenethikkommission

Live-Stream hier

Tencent and Alibaba granted licences to offer Hong Kong banking

FT, here

Establishing the rules for building trustworthy AI

L. Floridi, here

Ethically Aligned Design

IEEE, here

Decade in the Red: Trump Tax Figures Show Over $1 Billion in Business Losses

NYTimes, here

Wednesday, May 08, 2019

Microsoft, Starbucks Team On AI-Powered Predictive Orders

Pymnts.com, here

How Digital Platforms Have Become Double-Edged Swords

MIT Sloan MR, here

Consumers as prey for AI

Competition Lore Podcast, here

Accountability without liability: ‘to whom’ and ‘with what consequences’? (Questions for the 2019 OECD privacy Guidelines review)

G. Greenleaf, here

Competitive Edge: Principles and presumptions for U.S. vertical merger enforcement policy

J. Baker, N. Rose, S. Salop, F. Scott Morton, here

Facebook stops blocking some blockchain ads

TechCrunch, here

ASCOLA 2019 Aix-en-Provence Faculty of Law

HEARING ON “OVERSIGHT OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION: STRENGTHENING PROTECTIONS FOR AMERICANS’ PRIVACY AND DATA SECURITY”

Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, Hearing on Wednesday, May 8, 2019, live now here.

Is competition enough? Competition for consumers, on behalf of consumers.

A. Tyrie, here.

Google Face Match brings privacy debate into the home

FT, here

Facebook has hired several former PayPal employees for its mysterious blockchain project.

Bloomberg, here.

M.B., for you...

Facebook picks London as base for WhatsApp push into payments

FT, here

The Case for the Digital Platform Act: Market Structure and Regulation of Digital Platforms

H. Feld, here

Privacy Rights and Data Collection in a Digital Economy

US Senate Committee Hearing, here

ACCESO DE APLICACIONES A LA PANTALLA EN DISPOSITIVOS ANDROID

AEPD, aquì.

CONTROL DEL USUARIO EN LA PERSONALIZACIÓN DE ANUNCIOS EN ANDROID

AEDP, aquì.

The Data Mobility Sandbox and a peek at the future of personal data

Digi.me, here

Fairness and Competitiveness in a Digitised World

M. Vestager, Live streaming, today 12:30 re:publica 2019, here

Free translation: L'Europa non è perfetta ma è una figata di inizio. (warning: strong language)


Tuesday, May 07, 2019

IAB internet advertising revenue report

IAB, here

The creeping threat of facial recognition

FastCompany, here

Android now has 2.5B users

TechCrunch, here

How can more people benefit from the knowledge economy?

Future curious, Podcast here.
Nesta, Imagination unleashed: Democratising the knowledge economy here.
Roberto Unger's book here.
OECD Discussion here

Weighing the value of data – trade-offs, transparency and competition in the digital marketplace

R. Finer, here

AI in law enforcement needs clear oversight

FT, here

Intellectual Property and the Price of Prescription Drugs: Balancing Innovation and Competition

Senate Judiciary Committee, Hearing here. With the great Prof. Michael Carrier. 

On the Algorithmic Accountability Act - Opinion

M. Kaminski, A. Selbst, hier

THE EUROPEAN UNION: A PEOPLE-CENTRED AGENDA: SECTION 12

OECD, here

Big Tech im Check

Video hier

Review of Online Targeting

Centre for Data Ethics and Innovationhere.

Review on Bias in Algorithmic Decision Making

Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation, here

Automated Decision-Making in the EU Member States Laws: The Right to Explanation and Other 'Suitable Safeguards'

G. Malgieri, here

Big Tech Is Spying on Your Wallet

WashingtonMonthly, here.

Sanders Calls for Breaking Up Big Agriculture Monopolies

NYTimes, here

Tristan Harris says tech is “downgrading” humanity — but we can fix it

Recode, Podcast here

Administration by Algorithm? Public Management Meets Public Sector Machine Learning

M. Veale, I. Brass, here

Bergen Competition Policy Conference 2019

Video recordings and slides here

Bitkom warnt vor bedingungsloser Datenweitergabe

Golem, hier

Alex Rosenblat on the cultural impact and influence of Uber

The Rideshareguy, Podcast here

New report calls out failing Open Banking API services

FinExtra, here

Monday, May 06, 2019

First Draft! A pro-competition data sandbox for the digital world

S. Vezzoso (this blog's author), here.

Comments would be great, please write to simonetta.vezzoso@unitn.it, many thanks!

Thursday, May 02, 2019

Life Fitness’s Advertising Platform Brings Programmatic Ads to the Gym

AdWeek, here

A Conspiracy To Kill IE6

C. Zacharias, here

AI and Education

Interview with T. Escrig, here

Ireland's Data Protection Commission opens statutory inquiry into Quantcast International Limited

Here.
For more info here

In praise of antitrust compliance programs

M. Delrahim, here (who among us @WavesBlog Readers wouldn't join in?).

Peloton Fires Back At Music Publishers With Antitrust Allegations

Forbes, here

Zuckerberg's privacy joke

Here

The Antitrust Case Against Facebook

D. Srinivasan, here

Facebook opens its data to academics for first time

FT, here

The economics of the security of consumer-grade IoT products and services

Internet society, here

KEY DRIVERS, EMERGING TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN CORPORATE BANKING

FinExtra/Oracle, here

Beware of 'Algorithmic Regulation'

S. Delacroix, here

The new division of labor

Deloitte, here

Economic Measurement of AI

K. McElheran, here

A look at the proposed Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2019

iapp, here

AAI Interview With Antitrust Expert Jonathan Baker – A Preview of His Forthcoming Book: The Antitrust Paradigm

AAI, here

Facebook Is Turning Instagram Into The New Facebook

BuzzFeedNews, here

Concerns Over Privacy and Security Contribute to Consumer Distrust in Connected Devices

Internet Society, here

Kenya Signs $665.4m Deal With China For Konza Data Centre And Smart City Plan

Data-economy, here

Ausschluss von Vergabeverfahren: Gleiss-Mandantin Daimler und andere Kartellanten unter Druck

Juve.de, hier

WILL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ENHANCE OR HACK HUMANITY?

Wired, here