DATENBEWERTUNG

 ISST-BERICHT, hier. 

Tracking on the Web, Mobile and the Internet-of-Things

 R. Binns, here. 

Meta’s cryptocurrency ploy all but dead with Libra/Diem seeking to sell assets

 ArsTechnica, here. 

L’Autorité de la concurrence se saisit pour avis pour analyser les conditions du fonctionnement concurrentiel du secteur de « l’informatique en nuage » (« cloud »)

 Adlc, here. 

WhatsApp quizzed over consumer protection concerns in EU

 TechCrunch. here. 

CMA launches probe into music streaming market

 CMA, here. 

Commission clears acquisition of Kustomer by Meta (formerly Facebook), subject to conditions

 EC, here. 

What Studying Consciousness Can Reveal about AI and the Metaverse

 Exponential View Podcast, here. 

Privacy And Competition Concerns with Google’s Privacy Sandbox

 Brave, here. 

Hin zu einer Sozial-ökologischen Marktwirtschaft

 

Jahreswirtschaftsbericht 2022, hier. Video hier. And here.

Establishing a European Declaration on Digital rights and principles for the Digital Decade

 Communication, here. Declaration here. Report on the stakeholder consultation and engagement activities here. 

Data collaboratives, competition law and the governance of EU data spaces

 N. Zingales, here. 

The General Court annuls in part the Commission decision imposing a fine of € 1.06 billion on Intel

 Curia, here. 

Senate committee votes to advance major tech antitrust bill

 CNBC, here. 

The End of Data Monopolies

 Pool Data, here. 

FAS, YANDEX AND THE COMPLAINANTS CONCLUDED A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

 Here. 

Métavers : ce jeu dont qui sera le héros ?

 LINC, ici. 

Apple fails to satisfy requirements set by ACM

 ACM, here. 

Google drops FLoC after widespread opposition, pivots to “Topics API” plan

 Ars Technica, here. 

Japan to flag underpriced IPOs as antitrust law violation

 Kyodo, here.

Google’s Topics API: Rebranding FLoC Without Addressing Key Privacy Issues

 Brave, here. 

Apple’s cloud gaming restrictions may be biggest news in CMA interim report

 S. Huijts, here. 

European Parliament approves rights-respecting DSA & proposes ban on use of sensitive personal data for online ads

 EDRi, here. 

Facebook owner Meta dives into NFT digital collectibles craze

 FT, here. 

Google's Alleged Scheme to Corner the Online Ad Market

 Wired, here. 

EU must resist attempts to dilute Digital Markets Act

 Euraciv, here. 

What's the biggest effect the metaverse will have on IoT, or vice versa?

 Protocol, here. 

Too little competition hurts real people, every day.

 J. Kanter, here. 

Meta patents suggest biometric data capture for personalized advertising

 BiometricUpdate, here. 

WHAT DO ALORITHMS DO WITH PERSONAL DATA? AN EU APPROACH.

 Podcast, here. 

All digital creations are NFTs. We just don’t know it yet.

FT, here.  

Preisaufschläge ohne mehr Nachhaltigkeit in der Milchwirtschaft: Bundeskartellamt zeigt kartellrechtliche Grenzen auf

 Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

Google’s FLoC 2.0, Topics, Trade Effectiveness for Privacy Compliance

 ADWEEK, here. 

Digital Identity

 ENISA, here. 

What's the metaverse?

The Daily, here.  

Request for Information on Merger Enforcement

 DOJ, FTC, here. 

Rethmann Group / Remondis: Bundeskartellamt examines preconditions for extended obligation to notify future takeovers (Section 39a German Competition Act, GWB)

 Here. 

Addictive Technology and Its Implications for Antitrust Enforcement

 N. Rosenquist et al., here. 

Commission publishes final report on consumer Internet of Things sector inquiry

 EC, here. 

Facebook and Instagram may help you create and sell NFTs

 Techcrunch, here. 

Senate committee votes to advance major tech antitrust bill

 CNBC, here. 

European parliament backs big limits on tracking ads

 Techcrunch, here. 

Mergers Involving Nascent Competition

 D. Melamed, here.

Big Tech, big deals and a new era of antitrust

 Interview with Lina Khan, here (an enforcer - and still very much an academic IMHO, not a politician or an activist - she might want to learn a couple of tricks from Margrethe though, if she has the time...). 

Voice Assistants as Gatekeepers for Consumption? - How Information Intermediaries Shape Competition

 V. Noskova, here. 

Virtueller Neujahrsempfang des HWWI 2022

 Video hier. 

The PSR fines five companies more than £33 million for cartel behaviour in the prepaid cards market

 PSR, here. 

The Apple App Store case in the Netherlands – a potential game changer

 D.Mandrescu, here. 

Digisprudence: Code as Law Rebooted

 L. Diver, here (and here). 

Spain to create Europe's first supervisory agency for artificial intelligence

 Hogan Lovells, here. 

After Dutch antitrust order, Apple starts letting local dating apps use alternative payment options

 Natasha The Great, here. 

Apple just clarified alternative payments on iOS. Spoiler: Apple still takes a commission.

 Mobiledevmemo, here. 

Crypto Enthusiasts Meet Their Match: Angry Gamers

 NYTimes, here. 

What Moxie Missed on Web3 Wallets

 D. Finlay, here. 

Apple complies with Dutch watchdog ruling on payment options in Netherlands

 Reuters, here. 

Summary of ACM's decision here. Rotterdam court ruling here (DeepL translation here). 

Meta’s Oculus Unit Faces FTC-Led Probe of Competition Practices

 Bloomberg, here. 

Google's Alleged Scheme to Corner the Online Ad Market

 Wired, here. 

The Complaint is here. 

Google Misled Publishers and Advertisers, Unredacted Lawsuit Alleges

 WSJ, here. 

Apple to allow alternative payment system for 1st time in S. Korea

 The Korea Herald, here. 

Second time lucky? FTC v. Facebook

 Order here. 

Votre attention, s’il vous plaît !

 CNN, ici. 

Google News Showcase – Bundeskartellamt holds consultations on Google’s proposals for dispelling competition concerns

 Bundeskartellamt, here. 

Policymakers, web3, and the metaverse

 S. Gilbert, here. 

India’s Aadhaar System: Bringing E-Government to Life

 Chandler Institute, here. 

Commission prohibits proposed acquisition of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering by Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings

 EC, here. 

China’s New AI Governance Initiatives Shouldn’t Be Ignored

 M. Sheehan, here. 

The true cost of Amazon’s low prices

 Recode, here. 

Interim Report on the Sectoral Survey on Financial Technologies

 HCC, here (DeepL translation).

Francesca Bria on Decentralisation, Sovereignty, and Web3

The Crypto Syllabus, here. 

ACM obliges Apple to adjust unreasonable conditions for its App Store

 ACM, here. 

Justice Department and Agriculture Department Issue Shared Principles and Commitments to Protect Against Unfair and Anticompetitive Practices

 Here. 

Alphabet/Google subject to new abuse control applicable to large digital companies – Bundeskartellamt determines “paramount significance across markets”

 Bundeskartellamt, here. 

Conversation with Ioannis Lianos on His Work at the HCC, DMA Digital Markets Act

 Video here. 

Cookies : la CNIL sanctionne GOOGLE à hauteur de 150 millions d’euros et FACEBOOK à hauteur de 60 millions d’euros pour non-respect de la loi

 CNIL, ici. 

Three Amazon Marketplace Sellers Plead Guilty to Price Fixing DVDs and Blu-Ray Discs in Ongoing Investigation

 DoJ, here. 

Andrés Arauz on CDBCs and Sovereignty

 The Crypto Syllabus, here. 

Auch Indien geht gegen Apples App Store vor

 Heise.de, hier. 

In welcher Ordnung wollen wir leben?

Ausstellung, hier.  

Money in the Metaverse

 A. Wiener, here. 

The Sherman Act and Abuse of Dominance in the Age of Networks

 H. Hovenkamp, here. 

The Rise of NFTs: These Aren't the Droids You're Looking For

B. Bodó et al., here.  

Digital Platforms and the New 19a Tool in the German Competition Act

 J.-U. Franck, M. Peitz, here. 

Duckduckgo: Google benachteiligt andere Suchmaschinen

 Heise.de, hier. 

My first impressions of web3

 Moxie.org, here. 

Platform-based business models and financial inclusion

 K. Croxson et al., here. 

No pain, no gain? The Digital Markets Act

 Z. Meyers, here.