Monday, November 09, 2020

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.