Friday, January 15, 2021

Google Play is unsportsmanlike, U.S. states likely to argue in potential lawsuit

 Reuters, here

This Was WhatsApp's Plan All Along

 GizModo, here

Google cracks down on personal loan apps in India following abuse and outcry

 TechCrunch, here

GWB-Digitalisierungsgesetz im Bundestag

 Hier

Grab raises $300 million to grow fintech business

 FinExtra, here

How to Make Google and Facebook Care About Privacy

 C. O'Neil, here

Why the CMA is digging into the Privacy Sandbox, Google’s cookie-killer

 The Drum, here

Data trusts in Germany and under the GDPR

 Algorithm Watch, here

Die Vereinbarkeit von Data Trusts mit der Datenschutzgrundverordnung (DSGVO)

 Algorithm Watch, hier

Epic Games going to the UK

 Here

Digitaler Euro: Bürger sorgen sich vor allem um Privatheit von Zahlungen

 Heise.de, here

Google’s Fitbit acquisition is official...but

 TechCrunch, here

TikTok makes under-16s' profiles private by default, blocks comments from strangers on their videos and prevents 'stitching' and 'duetting' in new privacy crackdown

 Mail Online, here

Delivery Platform Algorithms Don’t Work Without Drivers’ Deep Local Knowledge

 Slate, here

YOU CAN LOG OUT, BUT YOU CAN NEVER LEAVE

 Norwegian Consumer Council, here

THE COURAGE TO LEARN

 American Economic Liberties Project, here

Platform Mergers and Antitrust

 G. Parker et al., here

Artificial Intelligence and Unfair Competition – Unveiling an Underestimated Building Block of the AI Regulation Landscape

 S. Scheuerer, here.  Paper here

Le Digital Markets Act, un nouveau chapitre dans l’histoire du droit de la concurrence

 C.O, ici

FTC settles with photo storage app that pivoted to facial recognition

 The Verge, here

WhatsApp Has Shared Your Data With Facebook for Years, Actually

 Wired, here

Google’s plan to replace tracking cookies goes under UK antitrust probe

 TechCrunch, here. 

La société des boîtes noires s’étend

 InternetActu, ici

U.K. competition regulator to probe Nvidia’s $40 billion Arm takeover

 VentureBeat, here