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