Oliver Dowden's opinion piece for The Telegraph on the Digital Markets Unit

 UK Gov, here. 

Microsoft patents tech to score meetings using body language, facial expressions, other data

 GeekWire, here. 

Enhancing the UK’s Geospatial Ecosystem

UK Gov, here.  

Report from Frontier Economics, here. 

WEF, Markets of Tomorrow, here. 

Google LLC proposed acquisition of Fitbit Inc: Commitments Proposed to the ACCC

 Here. 

How to Save Democracy From Technology

 F. Fukuyama et al., here. 

No Google-Fitbit merger without human rights remedies, says Amnesty to EU

 TechCrunch, here. 

UK digital watchdog planned to check Big Tech

 FT, here. 

New UK tech regulator to limit power of Google and Facebook

 The Guardian, here. 

CMA welcomes government response to digital advertising study

 CMA, here. 

New competition regime for tech giants to give consumers more choice and control over their data, and ensure businesses are fairly treated

 UK Gov, here. 

Les moteurs de recherche alternatifs à Google dénoncent ses «entorses à la concurrence»

 Le Figaro, ici. 

Scrambled Eggs and Paralyzed Policy: Breaking Up Consummated Mergers and Dominant Firms

 J. Kwoka, T. Valletti, here. 

Gaia-X: A trojan horse for Big Tech in Europe

 Euractiv, here. 

TO TRACK OR NOT TO TRACK?

 Panoptykon Foundation, here. 

Democratic Data: A Relational Theory For Data Governance

 S. Viljoen, here. 

Google as a de facto privacy regulator: Analyzing Chrome’s removal of third-party cookies from an antitrust perspective

 D. Geradin et al., here. 

Big tech, Garante Privacy: “Come rifondare il diritto nella nuova realtà digitale”

 AgendaDigitale, qui. 

Commission fines Teva and Cephalon €60.5 million for delaying entry of cheaper generic medicine

 EC, here. 

Legal Analysis of International Trade Law and Digital Trade

 EP, here. 

Dusseldorf Regional Court refers component-level licensing of standard-essential patents to Court of Justice of the EU

 Foss Patents, here. 

Strategy for Union institutions, offices, bodies and agencies to comply with the ‘Schrems II’ Ruling

 EDPS, here. 

Letter on cookie walls

 EDPB, here. 

Microsoft's new 'Productivity Score' lets your boss track how much you use email, Teams, and even whether you turn your camera on during meetings

 Business Insider, here. 

THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD

 BEUC, here. 

Chinese tech companies write off India

FT, here.  

AWS outage has taken down a big chunk of the internet

 The Verge, here. 

Lessons from the investigations in competition in digital markets

 With Nora Memetti, Oliver Budzinski and myself, Video here. 

Restoring Balance to Digital Competition

 Instituto de derecho de la competencia, Video here (Philip Marsden presenting and me praising the Report - you can safely skip my part perhaps).

Artificial Intelligence Regulation

 J. Bryson's Thoughts here. 

A top Democrat on the House antitrust panel sets sights on Big Pharma after wrapping up tech probe

 CNBC, here. 

Economics of streaming are 'threatening future of music', says Elbow's Guy Garvey

 The Guardian, here. 

Anwenderüberwachung durch Microsofts Office-Software

 Heise.de, hier. 

BILL C-11

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA, here. 

PROJET DE RECOMMANDATION RELATIVE À L’EXERCICE DES DROITS PAR L’INTERMÉDIAIRE D’UN MANDATAIRE

 CNIL, ici; Exemple de mandat pour l’exercice des droits conférés par le RGPD, ici. 

EU proposes tighter rules on political advertising

 FT, here. 

On the path to 'strategic autonomy'

 EPRS, here. 

Part human, part machine: is Apple turning us all into cyborgs?

 The Guardian, here. 

Justice Department Requires Divestiture of Credit Karma Tax for Intuit to Proceed with Acquisition of Credit Karma

 Department of Justice, here. 

Impact Assessment report and support study accompanying the Proposal for a Regulation on Data Governance

 EC, here. 

Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe

 EC, Communication here. 

The Data Governance Act and the Action Plan on Intellectual Property

 M. Vestager, here. 

The Action Plan on Intellectual Property

  Here; Q&A, here. 

Commissioners Vestager and Breton on the Data Governance Act

 Today, 11.30 CET, live here. 

Regulation on data governance – Questions and Answers, here. 

Press release, here. 

Factsheet, here. 

The Proposed DGA, here. 

India bans another 43 Chinese apps

 TechCrunch, here. 

Europe’s data strategy aims to tip the scales away from big tech

 TechCrunch, here.

Taming the big tech platforms: DG COMP’s remedy problem (as illustrated by the Google saga)

 D. Geradin, here. 

VRP Proposition Consultation Paper

 OBIE, here. 

Data for the wider economy

 ODI draft, here. 

Google’s Cash Makes Rivals Less Eager for Antitrust Crackdown

 Bloomberg, here (and here - convenience, you know).

Future of data economy: a conversation with Thierry Breton and Maximilian Schrems

 Bruegel Event, with T. Breton and M. Schrems, Video here. 

Stablecoins: risks, potential and regulation

D. Arner, R. Auer and J. Frost, here.  

Stellungnahme zur Anhörung des Wirtschaftsausschusses des Deutschen Bundestags am 25. November 2020 zur Zehnten GWB-Novelle („GWB-Digitalisierungsgesetz“)

Stellungnahme mit den Mitgliedern der Monopolkommission abgestimmt, hier. 

How Venture Capitalists Are Deforming Capitalism

 New Yorker, here. 

Urheberrechtsreform: Künstler laufen Sturm gegen freie Inhalte-Schnipsel

 Heise.de, hier. 

Latest #blockchain ecosystem developments and trends in the EU27, Switzerland and the UK

New EU Blockchain Observatory, here. 

Without mandatory interoperability, will the European Commission’s Digital Market Act and Digital Service Act be enough to reset the rules for big tech?

K. Szymielewicz, here. 

Fintech and big tech credit markets around the world

 Vox, here. 

Gastro-Registrierungspflicht verstößt gegen Datenschutz

 Kurier.at, hier. 

Press Release: Marketers for an Open Web calls on UK Competition and Market Authority to block Google’s ‘Privacy Sandbox’

 Here. 

ProBeat: Google will eventually sell ads against your financial data

 VentureBeat, here. 

REVISION OF THE VERTICAL BLOCK EXEMPTION REGULATION AND THE VERTICAL GUIDELINES

 BEUC, here. 

Banal Smartphone Apps Are the New Surveillance State

 New Republic, here. 

What the EU’s investigation of Amazon means for U.S. antitrust probes

CNBC, here.  

Asimov’s Three Laws Helped Shape A.I. and Robotics. We Need Four More.

 OneZero, here. 

Apple to reduce its cut from in-app purchases as it faces new lawsuit from Fortnite maker

 The Guardian, here. 

OpenStreetMap is Having a Moment

 J. Morrison, here. 

Google revamps its strategy towards banking

 FT, here. 

Discovering Firms' Data Strategies: A Topic Modeling Approach

 A. Leiponen, Video here (from 2:28).

Epic v Apple (3): two perspectives on app stores’ 30% commission fee

 F. Bostoen, here.

Is the internet advertising economy about to implode?

 TechCrunch, here. 

Do you really want Amazon’s new drugstore knowing your medical condition?

 LATimes, here. 

China's Draft 'Personal Information Protection Law' (Full Translation)

 New America, here. 

#DSGVOwirkt: Microsoft passt sich europäischem Datenschutz an

Baden-wuerttemberg.datenschutz.de, hier. 

Artificial intelligence is reshaping finance

 FT, here. 

Apple and Facebook trade accusations over data privacy

FT, here (more here). 

A Digital New Deal

 IT for Change, here. 

EU Tech Alliance in the game

 Here. 

EU zieht in die Datenschlacht

 FAZ, hier. 

How China’s big tech companies upset Beijing

 Ft, here. 

Progressive Groups Urge President-Elect Biden Not to Appoint Former Google CEO to Administration

 Revolving Door Project, here. 

Economic analysis in merger investigations

 OECD, Discussion Paper here. 

Ecosystem Competition

 D. Crane, here. 

Some Economics of Digital Ecosystems

 M. Bourreau, here. 

Digital competition policy: Are ecosystems different? –

 A. Fletcher, here. 

New proposed law to better protect Canadians’ privacy and increase their control over their data and personal information

 Government of Canada, here. 

AI regulation in Europe? What consumers have to say

 BEUC, here. 

Epic Games extends its fight against Apple to Australia

 Epic Games, here and here. 

Consumer Data Right powers shifted from ACCC

 Innovation Aus, here. See also here, here and here. 

Secrets and Likes: The Drive for Privacy and the Difficulty of Achieving It in the Digital Age

 A. Acquisti et al., here. 

Investigation into data protection compliance in the direct marketing data broking sector

 ICO, here. 

The Evolution of Cloud

 Greylock, here. 

noyb files complaints against Apple's tracking code "IDFA"

 NOYB, here. 

Jeder Piks registriert

 TAZ, hier. 

Digitale Souveränität: "Es gibt momentan im Internet keine Privatsphäre"

 Heise.de, hier. 

Aperta istruttoria nei confronti di ANIA in merito al “progetto antifrode” (con sviluppo algoritmi comuni) nei rami danni e vita

 AGCM, qui. 

How Private Is My Pay App?

 The Medium, here. 

How the U.S. Military Buys Location Data from Ordinary Apps

 Vice, here. 

RULE BY DATA: THE END OF MARKETS?

 K. Pistor, here. 

Digital Regulation Handbook

 ITU, World Bank, here. 

A regulatory framework for interoperability in the time of digital gatekeepers –or wouldn't it be nice to solve all such problems in one go?

 S. Vezzoso (self-preferencing and meme warning), here.

Facebook v. CMA

 CAT, here. 

Uncertainty, or at least a specific kind of uncertainty

 FTC, here. 

The "external aspects" of the EU digital transformation agenda

 M. Vestager, here. 

Google Photos sets store by storage

 FT, here. 

Who Benefits from Financial Innovation?

 R. Mihet, here. 

The DSA: Part #04 Better connected through interoperability

EP Greens, here.  

Bank of England 's Bailey says stablecoins do not meet grade for broad use

 Reuters, here. 

Important projects of common European interest - Boosting EU strategic value chains

 EPRS, here. 

The Next Decade Could Be Even Worse

 The Atlantic, here. 

Just do it!? Nike will Händler in der EU ab 2021 nicht mehr beliefern

Onlinehaendler-news.de, hier. 

Le vrai défi posé par Amazon n’est pas de vendre quand les autres sont fermés mais la position dominante que lui donne la maîtrise de nos données

 F. Marty, ici. 

What’s Next for the Antitrust Case Against Google?

 AdWeek, here. 

The Global Antitrust Institute Report on the Digital Economy

 Here. 

Citizen-controlled health data sharing governance

Digital Health Europe, here.  

Towards New Tools in Competition Law: Some legal and economic considerations

 M. Cartapanis & F. Marty, here. 

Preisbindungsklauseln gegenüber Beherbergungsbetrieben sollen verboten werden

 CH Bundesrat, hier. 

Recommendations 01/2020 on measures that supplement transfer tools to ensure compliance with the EU level of protection of personal data

 EDPB, here. 

Bundesregierung strebt technologische Souveränität bei Chips an

 Heise.de, hier. 

The Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee Has Charted a Course for President-Elect Biden: He Should Follow It

 H. Singer, here. 

COMPETITION AND E-COMMERCE

 Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

Epic Gets Apple’s Theft Claim Knocked Out of Fortnite Fight

 Bloomberg, here. 

China’s banking regulator signals tougher fintech antitrust laws

 FT, here. 

Surprise: Latest Draft Of The EU's Next Big Privacy Law Includes Some Improvements

 TechDirt, here. 

Apple Pay becomes a must-have payment option for banks - Loup Ventures

 FinExtra, hier. 

Prinzip Mensch: Buchvorstellung und Diskussion

#GIWebTalk, hier. 

'Unfair surveillance'? Online exam software sparks global student revolt

 Thomson Reuters Foundation, here. 

GUIDELINES FOR SECURING THE INTERNET OF THINGS

 ENISA, here. 

Keen On with Frank Pasquale

Podcast, here. 

China draws up first antitrust rules to curb power of tech companies

 FT, here. 

They Really Do That? The Use of Advanced Analytics by Antitrust and Consumer Regulators (aka as the UK Data Unit)

 Our Curious Amalgam, Podcast here

Commission sends Statement of Objections to Amazon for the use of non-public independent seller data and opens second investigation into its e-commerce business practices

 EC, here. 

EU hits Amazon with antitrust charges over merchant data

 FT, here. 

Students Alert! Watch the announcement of the formal EU antitrust charges against Amazon at 12.30 CET, if you can

 Here. 

Shaping the future interoperability policy

 ISA, here. 

The two sides of the (stable)coin

 F. Panetta, here. 

Replacing rentier capitalism is one of the defining challenges of our age

 Open Democracy, here. 

India opens antitrust case against Google over its payments app

 TechCrunch, here. CCI's Order here. 

What can Silicon Valley expect from Joe Biden?

 FT, here. 

Revisiting the Black Box Society by rethinking the political economy of big data

 B. Brevini and F. Pasquale, here. 

Setting democratic global standards for intelligence agencies: the way forward

CEO Webinar,
9 November 2020 (2 to 3.30pm CET), here. 

Data Governance and practices lessons during COVID-19

 IGF 2020 Main Session Data, here. 

A New Era of Innovation and Trust in Data

 T. Berners-Lee, here. 

Google app enables banks to lock Android devices over credit defaults

 FinExtra, here. 

Visa’s $5 billion bid for fintech darling Plaid sparks lawsuit by Justice Department

 MarketWatch, here. 

DoJ's Complaint here.

CMA's decision here. 

Emerging Architectures for Modern Data Infrastructure

 Andreessen Horowitz, here. 

Amsterdam and Helsinki become first cities to launch AI registers explaining how they use algorithms

 The NextWeb, here. 

Digitale Souveränität und Europa-Cloud Gaia-X: Viele Fragen im Digital-Ausschuss

 Heise.de, hier. 

DOJ V. GOOGLE – WIRD GOOGLE ZERSCHLAGEN?

J. Persch, hier.  

Parere alla Provincia autonoma di Trento su uno schema di regolamento concernente la medicina di iniziativa nel servizio sanitario provinciale

 Garante per la protezione dei dati personali, qui. 

Digital Platforms and Ecosystems

Digital Platforms and the Changing Regulatory Landscape, Panel here (Richard Kramer not to be missed), here. 

The pandemic exposes human nature: 10 evolutionary insights

 B. Seitz et al., here. 

It's Not Just About You

 The Why Not Lab, here. 

What Robots Can’t Do: An interview with Frank Pasquale

Commonweal, here.  

EUROPEAN COMMISSION LAUNCHES IMPACT ASSESSMENT PHASE IN ITS REVIEW OF THE VERTICAL BLOCK EXEMPTION REGULATION AND VERTICAL GUIDELINES

 Clifford Chance, here. 

The GDPR was the most lobbied law in EU history. DSA: Hold my beer

 Ofthewedge, here. 

The Internet of Bodies

 Rand Corporation, here. 

Google reCAPTCHA service under the microscope: Questions raised over privacy promises, cookie use

 The Register, here. 

Medienmäzen Google: Wie der Datenkonzern den Journalismus umgarnt

 Otto Brenner Stiftung, hier. 

Didattica online: individuati i punti critici, in tema di privacy e copyright, delle piattaforme utilizzate a supporto delle lezioni

 IlSole24Ore, here. 

Spotify to offer artists and labels the option to promote their music in your recommendations

 Fader, here (and listening to Spotify right now). 

She's Bursting Big Tech's Bubble

 Sway, Interview with Lina Khan, here. 

Beyond the buzzwords: Putting meaningful transparency at the heart of the Digital Services Act

M. Vestager, Keynote Speech delivered at Online Policy Dialogue hosted by AlgorithmWatch and the European Policy Centre on 30 October 2020, Video here. 

The Justice Department Finally—Finally!—Takes on Google and the Danger of Monopolies

 C. Doctorow, here. 

Bericht der Enquete-Kommission Künstliche Intelligenz – Gesellschaftliche Verantwortung und wirtschaftliche, soziale und ökologische Potenziale

 Hier.

§ 19a GWB: Welche Unternehmen sind betroffen?

 S. Louven, hier. 

This election season, Facebook, Google and the rest have embraced their role as gatekeepers.

 NYTimes, here. 

German EU presidency pushes for cybersecurity ‘by design’ in connected devices

 Euractiv, here. 

Privacy campaigners file legal challenge against UK’s handling of online ads

 Politico.eu, here. 

Cross-context behavioral advertising

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the respect for private life and the protection of personal data in electronic communications and repealing Directive 2002/58/EC (Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications)

 Here. 

The volcano method for understanding the fintech revolution

 TechCrunch, here. 

Dark patterns

Forbrukerradet, here. 

Facebook Begins Controversial Integration of Messenger, Instagram

Digital Privacy News, here. 

Innovation Considerations in Horizontal Merger Control

 Antitrust Digest, here. 

The data will see you now

 Ada Lovelace Institute, here. 

Netflix files copyright claims against tweets criticizing movie, trailer

 Ars Technica, here. 

FTC likely to sue Facebook on antitrust violations by end of November

 Politico.com, here. 

Personal Sovereignty: Digital Trust in the Algorithmic Age

IGF 2020 OF #42, here. 

Proctorio used DMCA to take down a student’s critical tweets

 TechCrunch, here. 

Apple will require apps to add privacy ‘nutrition labels’ starting December 8th

 The Verge, here. 

Human rights and the use of AI in the field of health

 IGF 2020, Video here. 

OFA: Virtual Debate - Interoperability and the EU Digital Markets Act

 Video, here (it was fun: seriously).