Monday, May 31, 2021

Increasing DMA's flexibility: A leak

😶 (in the service of science), here

CMA welcomes Tribunal judgment in Sabre case

 CMA, here

Europe’s Digital Future

 A. Bradford and M. Vestager, here (and here).

The Art to Make Gatekeeper Positions Contestable and the Challenge to Know What is Fair: A Discussion of the Digital Markets Act Proposal

 H. Schweitzer, here

Amsterdam, Berlin and Paris callling re DMA

 



The Big Deal in Amazon’s Antitrust Case

 NYTimes, here

'Apple is eating our lunch': Google employees admit in lawsuit that the company made it nearly impossible for users to keep their location private

 Business Insider, here

Google’s plans to bring AI to education make its dominance in classrooms more alarming

 FastCompany, here

The Proposed DMA: What Kind of (Regulatory) Animal Is It?

 


Me, presentation here


A disturbing, viral Twitter thread reveals how AI-powered insurance can go wrong

 Recode, here

Nine things we learned from the Epic v. Apple trial

The Verge, here.  

How Not to Launch a Digital Currency

 K. Pistor, here

Data fairness: A new social contract for the 21st century economy

 Omidyar Network, here

In battle for privacy, antitrust watchdogs throw their hat in the ring

 Politico.eu, here

In Apple’s War On Developers, Users Are the Biggest Losers

 Wired, here

Once Tech’s Favorite Economist, Now a Thorn in Its Side

 NYTimes, here

Why China cracked down on Bitcoin

 Fortune, here

More Competitive Search Through Regulation

 Tobin Center for Economic Policy at Yale, here

China’s Influence in Global Data Governance Explained: The Beijing Effect

 T. Streinz, M. Erie, here. 

Data Minimization

 Access Now, here

Algorithmic Search and Recommendation Systems: The Brightside, the Darkside, and Regulatory Answers

 My dear Friend Oliver (Budzinski), here

Die deutsche Blockchain-Strategie:Stand der Umsetzung und Ausblick

 Hier

Council on DMA

 Here

The Commission’s SO to Apple and anticompetitive effects: A Rejoinder

 D. Geradin (read disclosure), here

A New Antitrust Case Cuts to the Core of Amazon’s Identity

 Wired, here

Thursday, May 13, 2021

Today's Google infringement decision: AGCM

 Decisione, qui (DeepL translation here  - Kevin's (Coates) courtesy

A very biased first reading in the form of a Twitter thread, here.

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Education data: what’s the problem?

 Digital Futures Commision, here

DeFi, Disintermediation, and the Regulatory Path Ahead

 Diem & Co., here

Order of the HmbBfDI: Ban of further processing of WhatsApp user data by Facebook

 Hamburg Privacy Cop, here

“Anti-Subsidy” Regulation – A New Big Stick in the EU Regulatory Arsenal

 NRF, here

Adtech and Real-Time Bidding under European Data Protection Law

 M. Veale, F. Borgesius, here

Apple accused of breaking UK competition law by overcharging for apps

 The Guardian, here

Evaluation support study on the EU competition rules applicable to horizontal cooperation agreements in the HBERs and the Guidelines

 Prepared for the EC, here

The Proposed Digital Markets Act (DMA): A Legal and Policy Review

 N. Petit, here

Aadhaar: How did we throw the baby out with the bath water?

 S. Kochhar, here

CAT upholds infringement decision for pay for delay pharma deals

 CMA, here

Monday, May 10, 2021

FTC calls out Apple in report on ‘anti-competitive repair restrictions’

 9to5mac.com, here

PayPal’s digital payments boom could invite antitrust probes, say experts

 Verdict, here

Bank of Italy and BIS Innovation Hub invite global innovators to take up G20 green finance challenge

 Banca d'Italia, here

Treasury to open up Consumer Data Right

 InnovationAus, here

A STUDY ON COMMUNITY-LED PLATFORMS

 EP Greens/EFA group, here

The Global Battle Over Data

 With Margrethe, at the EUI, Video here

Neither interoperability nor data sharing will solve transnational monopoly

 J. Bryson, here

Pro - competitive sharing of financial data and the spectre of surveillance capitalism - (On regulatory responses to the “ Surveillance Paradox”)

 Sharing my presentation, here (share your comments, please!).

Why We Need a Data Exchange Board to Improve the EU Data Governance Act

 Support Centre for Data Sharing, here

Data co-op whitewashing

 T. Scholz, I. Calzada, here

A New Order: The Digital Services Act and Consumer Protection

 C. Cauffman, C. Goanta, here

Missbrauchsbeschwerde der Medien- und Werbewirtschaft gegen Apple beim Bundeskartellamt

 ZAW, hier

What’s behind the Apple-Facebook feud?

 NYTimes, here

GAIA-X: Europäischer Cloud-Standard

 B. Otto, hier

The UK’s plan to tackle big tech won’t be one-size fits all

 TechCrunch, here

Essays on the Economics of the Pharmaceutical Industry

 M. Newham, here

ECJ to issue preliminary ruling on German FCO-Facebook case

 CMS, here

Time for a New Antitrust Era: Refocusing Antitrust Law to Invigorate Competition in the 21st Century

 R. Zev Mahari et al., here

Select Committee on Australia as a Technology and Financial Centre

 AU Senate, here

Marine insurers full steam ahead for data & analytics

 Insurance Business Mag, here

Apple vs The Paradox of Choice!

 CuriosityStream, here

BEREC Workshop on Market Entry in the context of the Digital Markets Act (DMA)

 Video here

The French Apple competition & privacy case

 V. Giovannini, here

Microsoft supports new rules for gatekeepers

 Microsoft, here

Myth vs Fact on Big Tech Monopolies

 AELP, here

Leitlinien für die Vereinbarkeit des Genossenschaftswesens mit dem Kartellrecht: Entwurf

 Bundeskartellamt, hier

10 MISUNDERSTANDINGS RELATED TO ANONYMISATION

 AEPD, here

How to know you are a 'data intermediary' under the Data Governance Act

 Iapp, here

Experimental Regulations for AI: Sandboxes for Morals and Mores

 S. Ranchordas, here

What is Ours is Only Ours to Give

 Crooked Timber, here

Das uneingelöste Versprechen? - Daten, die Lockdowns hätten verhindern können

 KAS, hier

The conflict between CBDC goals and design choices

 VoxEU, here

Dark Patterns Workshop

 FTC, Video here

Die Planification der EU

 FAZ, hier

How Big Pharma Finds Sick Users on Facebook

 The Markup, here

Apple Discussed 'Punitive Measures' Against Netflix for Dropping In-App Purchases

 MacRumors, here

Foreign subsidies regulation

Clifford Chance, here.  

Design Principles for Data Spaces

 OpenDei, here

Uber/Autocap: the decision

 CMA, here

REGULATION OF DIGITAL PLATFORMS AS INFRASTRUCTURES FOR SERVICES OF GENERAL INTEREST

 C. Busch, here

Economic Power and New Business Models in Competition Law and Economics: Ontology and New Metrics

 I. Lianos, B. Carballa Smichowski, here