Commission accepts commitments by Amazon barring it from using marketplace seller data, and ensuring equal access to Buy Box and Prime

 EC, Press Release here. 

European Data Summit 2022

 Day 1, Video. 

Day 2, Video.

Day 3, Video. 

Opinion 26/2022 on the Proposal for a Regulation on data collection and sharing relating to short-term accommodation rental services

 EDPS, here. 

A Roomba recorded a woman on the toilet. How did screenshots end up on Facebook?

 Technology Review, here. 

Fortnite Video Game Maker Epic Games to Pay More Than Half a Billion Dollars over FTC Allegations of Privacy Violations and Unwanted Charges

 FTC, here. 

Commission sends Statement of Objections to Meta over abusive practices benefiting Facebook Marketplace

 EC, here. 

Study for developing criteria for assessing reasonable compensation in the case of statutory data access right

 Study for the European Commission Directorate-General Justice and Consumers, here. 

Oral Argument Before the FTC: Illumina, Inc. and Grail, Inc.– December 13, 2022

 Video here. 

RIGHTS IN THE DIGITAL AGE

 OECD, here. 

HOW WILL THE AI ACT DEAL WITH OPEN SOURCE AI SYSTEMS?

 Open Future, here. 

AI as Systemic Risk in a Polycrisis

 A. Küsters, here. 

DATA SHAPING FIRMS AND MARKETS

 OECD, here. 

DATA IN AN EVOLVING TECHNOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE - THE CASE OF CONNECTED AND AUTOMATED VEHICLES

OECD, here.  

Opinion piece: The DSA also works “in the metaverse” – if it is enforced well

 J. Jaursch, here. 

The whole European Declaration on Digital Rights and Principles for the Digital Decade on one page

 Here.

Advocate General Rantos: The FIFA-UEFA rules under which any new competition is subject to prior approval are compatible with EU competition law

 CJEU, here. 

Merger review in digital and technology markets: Insights from national case law

 The Great V. Robertson for the EC, here. 

Merger Enforcement in Digital and Tech Markets: an Overview of the European Commission’s Practice

 EC, here. 

Practical information on implementation of the “Guidance on the application of the referral mechanism set out in Article 22 of the Merger Regulation to certain categories of cases”

 EC, here. 

Apple to Allow Outside App Stores in Overhaul Spurred by EU Laws

 Bloomberg, here. 

Mobile browsers and cloud gaming market investigation

 CMA, Statement of issues here. 

Der Weg zu einem Dateninstitut für Deutschland

 Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz (BMWK), hier. 

Ab ins Metaversum! Virtuelle Realitäten als Internet der Zukunft?

 Onlinekas, Video hier. 

IPEN Webinar on central bank digital currency

 Video, here. 

PRIVATE MESSAGING INTEROPERABILITY IN THE EU DIGITAL MARKETS ACT

 I. Brown, here. 

Menschenrechte im Digitalen

 FES, hier. 

Anhörung zum Web 3.0 und Metaverse

 Bundestag, hier. 

Sustainability and Competition Policy Enforcement

 Adlc, here. 

AG DSK „Microsoft-Onlinedienste“

Hier.  

FTC Seeks to Block Microsoft Corp.’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Inc.

 FTC, here. 

Complaint here. 

Reminder: Case M.10001 - MICROSOFT / ZENIMAX

Inquiry into international digital platforms operated by Big Tech companies

 Senate Economics References Committee, Issues Paper, here. 

Enforcing the Digital Markets Act: Institutional Choices, Compliance, and Antitrust

 J. Crémer et al., here. 

Datenräume und Datenökosysteme – Erste Einordnung und aktueller Stand

 Bitkom, hier. 

Economic Opportunities in the Metaverse: A Policy Approach

 Meta itself, here. 

Ensuring the full potential of EHDS: Stakeholders’ recommendations on how to make the digital transformation a success across Europe

 Many Stakeholders, here. 

EHDS: Dead at Birth?

 Euractiv, here. 

H/T Malte