Why Facebook is using Ray-Ban to stake a claim on our faces

 MIT Tecchnology Review, here. 

Non-HSR Reported Acquisitions by Select Technology Platforms, 2010–2019: An FTC Study

 FTC, here. 

Open FTC: Findings from the Commission’s inquiry into large technology platforms’ unreported acquisitions

 Live, soon, here. 

Sektoruntersuchung Mobile Apps

 Bundeskartellamt, Bericht hier. 

Why Turkey’s Regulators Became Such a Problem for Google

 NYTimes, here. 

How France tamed Google

 Wired, here. 

L’autorité luxembourgeoise de protection des données a prononcé à l’encontre d’Amazon Europe Core une amende de 746 millions d’euros

 CNIL, ici. 

CMA accuses pharma firms of illegal pricing

 CMA, here. 

EssilorLuxottica / Lenstec Merger Inquiry

 CMA, here. 

Apple accuses CBA of ‘misleading’ digital wallets inquiry

 InnovationAus, here. 

Commission starts investigation for possible breach of the standstill obligation in Illumina / GRAIL transaction

 EC, here. 

Pièces détachées automobiles : l’Autorité de la concurrence se félicite de l’ouverture partielle à la concurrence de la vente des pièces détachées automobiles visibles

 Adlc, ici.

Wettbewerbschancen bei Strombörsen, E-Ladesäulen und Wasserstoff nutzen

 Monopolkommission, hier.

Sony’s purchase of AWAL raises competition concerns

 CMA, here. 

Kreditwirtschaft fordert Wahlfreiheit beim Bezahlen an E-Ladesäulen

 Heise.de, hier. 

Apple’s grip on App Store loosened by US judge

 FT, here. 

Competition Policy in Support of Europe’s Green Ambition

 EC, here. 

Unlawful monopolies only benefit monopolists

 DoJ, here. 

Google found guilty of restricting Android forks in South Korea, fined $177 million

 The Verge, here. 

Intelligence artificielle et droit de la concurrence

 Séminaire, ici. 

FTC v. Facebook

 District Court, here. 

Amended Complaint, here. 

Google Is Getting Caught in the Global Antitrust Net

 Wired, here. 

THE DIGITAL MARKETS ACT BACK TO THE "FORM-BASED" FUTURE?

 CompassLexecon, here (paid by Google).

Public consultation on the draft revised Regulation on vertical agreements and vertical guidelines

 EC, here. 

Eyes Everywhere: Amazon's Surveillance Infrastructure and Revitalizing a Fair Marketplace

 Open Markets, here. 

Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy

 President Biden, here. 

Let’s Make Google a Public Good

 NYTimes, here. 

Public consultation: Proposal for the creation of a sandbox for sustainability and competition in the Greek market (too late?)

 Hellenic Competition Commission, here. 

Demystifying the Draft EU Artificial Intelligence Act

 M. Veale et al., here. 

What China Expects From Businesses: Total Surrender

 NYTimes, here. 

Competition and Innovation in Digital Markets

 BEIS Research Paper, here. 

Plusieurs marques et fabricants de lunettes sanctionnés pour prix de vente imposés et restriction de vente sur Internet

 Adlc, ici. 

Unlocking the value of data: Exploring the role of data intermediaries

 UK Gov, here. 

“Old Chicago” and Freiburg: Why Ordoliberalism Was No “German Oddity”

 ProMarket, here. 

The Autorité de la concurrence hands out a €220 millions fine to Google for favouring its own services in the online advertising sector

 Adlc, here.

Decision ici and here. 

Commission opens in-depth investigation into proposed acquisition of Kustomer by Facebook

 EC, here. 

The CMA was already on it, here. 

Building a comprehensive and competitive electric vehicle charging sector that works for all drivers

 CMA, here. 

How the EU Can Achieve Legally Trustworthy AI: A Response to the European Commission’s Proposal for an Artificial Intelligence Act

 K. Yeung et al., here. 

Design choices: Mechanism design and platform capitalism

 S. Viljoen et al. here. 

Data Empowerment and Protection Architecture: Concept and Assessment

 V. Kathuria, here. 

Apple and Google Are Gearing Up to Fight a New App Store Bill

 Wired, here. 

Algorithms and Economic Justice: A Taxonomy of Harms and a Path Forward for the Federal Trade Commission

R. Slaughter, here.  

Sovereignty 2.0

 A. Chander, H. Sun, here. 

International coherence in digital platform regulation: an economic perspective on the US and EU proposals

 Tobin Center for Economic Policy at Yale, here. 

Facebook’s takeover of Giphy raises competition concerns

 CMA, here. 

Provisional Findings Report here.

The New Antitrust/Data Privacy Law Interface

 E. Douglas, here. 

Henry Simons’s Positive Program for Laissez-Faire

 M. Rizzo, here. 

Taking Control of the Data Pipeline

Podcast, here.  

Opinion 11/2021 on the Proposal for a Directive on consumer credits

 EDPS, here. 

Why Privacy Experts Need a Place at the Antitrust Table

 C. Caffarra, J. Ryan, here. 

Participatory data stewardship

 Ada Lovelace Institute, here. 

The Data Economy: Market Size and Global Trade

 D. Coyle, W. Li, here. 

Google, Apple Forced to Open App Store Pay Systems in South Korea

 Bloomberg, here. 

Private enforcement and the Digital Markets Act

 R. Podszun, here. 

Unscrambling the eggs: breaking up consummated mergers and dominant firms

 J. Kwoka, T. Valletti, here. 

Japan Fair Trade Commission closes App Store investigation

 Reuters, here. 

Google appeals France's 'disproportionate' $591 million fine in copyright row

 Reuters, here. Decision ici; press release here.

WhatsApp fined a record 225 mln euro by Ireland over privacy

 Reuters, here. 

Decision here. 

The Google Choice Screen

 FairSearch, here. 

Les organismes professionnels

 Adlc, Etude ici. 

Rules-based versus principles-based regulation – is there a clear front-runner?

 Ofcom, here. 

What are we regulating for?

 C. Caffarra, here. 

TALKING TO THE COMPETITION AND MARKETS AUTHORITY ABOUT APPLE

 S. Langridge, here. 

B. Lawson, here. 

Global Comprehensive Privacy Law Mapping Chart

 Iapp, here. 

Décision n° 21-D-21 du 9 septembre 2021 relative à des pratiques mises en œuvre dans le secteur du transport routier de marchandises

 Adlc, ici. 

The future of the App Store depends on the difference between a ‘button’ and an ‘external link’

 The Verge, here. 

The judgment, here. 

Beijing to break up Ant’s Alipay and force creation of separate loans app

 FT, here.

On Google’s Sandbox/FLoC Proposal: Comments Submitted to UK-CMA

 DLI, here. 

Know all about Account Aggregator Network- a financial data-sharing system

 India Ministry of Finance, here. 

DPC launches two inquiries into TikTok concerning compliance with GDPR requirements relating to the processing of childrens’ personal data and transfers of data to China

 DPC, here. 

China’s new regulation of platforms: a message for American policymakers

 T. Wheeler, here. 

Resuming blog posting today - after the update avalanche