Monday, January 30, 2023

BEREC Report on the Internet Ecosystem

 Here.

Manipulative online practices found on 148 out of 399 online shops screened

 EC, here.

SHIFTING FROM OPEN BANKING TO OPEN FINANCE Results from the 2022 OECD survey on data sharing frameworks

 OECD, here

Should AI Start-Ups Make Us Re-evaluate Our Emphasis on Big Tech?

 E. Ranieris, here

Decoding the Hype About AI

 The MarkUp, here

DATENRAUM GESUNDHEIT: DIE LÖSUNG ETHISCHER FRAGE STELLUNGEN ALS VORAUSSET ZUNG FÜR INNOVATION IM GESUNDHEITSWESEN

 Initiative D21, hier

$6.6 billion fintech Wise accused by rival of harming competition

 CNBC, here

Will the Metaverse Be Entertaining? Ask South Korea.

 NYTimes, here

AI governance and human rights: Resetting the relationship

 Chatman House, here

AI Watch: Artificial Intelligence Standardisation Landscape Update

 JRC Technical Report, here

"More" here

What ChatGPT and the likes tell us about AI

 Euractiv, Tech Brief here

US Department of Justice sues Google, seeks to break up its ad tech business

 Geradin Partners, here

The Public Stakes of Consumer Law: The Environment, the Economy, Health, Disinformation, and Beyond

 R. Van Loo, here

NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0) Launch

 Here; Video here

πάντα ῥεῖ, alles stroomt

 ACM, hier

ANTITRUST INTEROPERABILITY REMEDIES

 H. Hovenkamp, here

Spamming the regulator: How Big Tech's 'economic consultants' undermine EU competition policy

 Corporate Europe, here

Merger control in the digital age – Challenges and development perspectives

 Bundeskartellamt, here

Stellungnahme der Bundesregierung: Sektorgutachten Nr. 12 der Monopolkommission „Telekommunikation 2021: Wettbewerb im Umbruch“

 Hier

Data-based business models explained while making toast for breakfast (maybe)

 



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Darmstädter Forscher kritisieren Schwächen von ChatGPT

 Heise.de, hier

ICYMI: The first New Brandeisian decision in Europe? Insights from the Utah Statement

 S. Vezzoso (me), here (#3 most read Concurrences article in 2022, #9999999 most liked, I guess). 

Lasting Change in Competition Law and Policy

 S. Waller, here

From the lion's den: Incipient Merger Policy

 DoJ, here

A Pop Culture Guide to Antitrust

 S. Waller, here

Microsoft, GitHub, and OpenAI ask court to throw out AI copyright lawsuit

 The Verge, here

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Justice Department Sues Google for Monopolizing Digital Advertising Technologies

 PR, here.

Complaint, here,

App stores, antitrust and their links to net neutrality: A review of the European policy and academic debate leading to the EU Digital Markets Act

 C. Marsden, I. Brown, here

Google Meet and Zoom achieve bilateral interoperability

 AndroidPolice, here

Bundeskartellamt initiates proceeding against PayPal

 Bundeskartellamt, here

Google to make changes to Android business terms in India after antitrust blow

 TechCrunch, here

On-platform Tying or Another Case of Leveraging- A Discussion on Facebook Marketplace

 D. Mandrescu, here

Can the world’s de facto tech regulator really rein in AI?

 Codastory, here

How to Implement the DMA?

 CERRE, Panel here

CERRE Report, here

The Problem with Easy Technology

 T. Wu, here

Souveräner Datenaustausch als Enabler Künstlicher Intelligenz

 Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz (BMWK), hier.

Google zähmen

 Verfassungsblog, hier

That’s the Ticket: Promoting Competition and Protecting Consumers in Live Entertainment

 US Senate Hearing, here

Sustainability - Exploring the possible

 CMA, here

Data Governance: Value Orders and Jurisdictional Conflicts

A. Obendiek, here

URBAN DATA SHARING FOR THE PUBLIC INTEREST

 The New Institute, here.

A Pitched Battle on Corporate Power

 D. Dayen, here

Wednesday, January 04, 2023

Meta’s New Year kicks off with over $410M in fresh EU privacy fines

 The Great Natasha (TechCrunch), here

Meta prohibited from using personal data for advertisement

 Noyb, here

Understanding Tech Platforms & Cloud Empires

V. Lehdonvirta, here

Remarks by Executive Vice-President Vestager on the decision to make binding commitments offered by Amazon

 Here

Warum Nutzer des Mixed-Reality-Headsets von Apple angeblich am Rad drehen

 Heise.de, hier

Read Microsoft’s response to the FTC’s Activision Blizzard lawsuit

 The Verge, here

Meta acquires Luxexcel, a smart eyewear company

 TechCrunch, here.

Who Should Guard the Gatekeepers: Does the DMA Replicate the Unworkable Test of Regulation 1/2003 to Settle Conflicts Between EU and National Laws?

 O. Brook, M. Eben, here

On-platform Tying or Another Case of Leveraging- A Discussion on Facebook Marketplace

 D. Mandrescu, here

Monday, January 02, 2023

The Economics of Amazon

 F. Etro, here


10 Punkte für nachhaltigen Wettbewerb als Grundpfeiler der sozialökologischen Marktwirtschaft

 BMWK, hier

Interoperability in digital markets

 I. Brown, Video here (from 2:21:19).

Apple's App Store and Competition: Opinion of a lobbying group

 Coalition for App fairness, here

Short-term accommodation rental services: data protection

 EDPS, here

Das sprachgewaltige Plappermaul

 E. Wolfangel, here

Dark Data: Produced by Students enrolled in David Carroll's course

 Here

AI Act: general Approach by the Council

 Here

"Artificial Intelligence co-regulation"

 C. Marsden, Video here

DMA & Self-Preferencing: Vanessa Turner (BEUC), Denis Sparas (DMA TaskForce), Gonçalo Machado Borges

Chez Oles Andriychuk,  Video, here

Amazon settles EU allegations regarding third-party sellers on Amazon Marketplace: some progress made but much remains to be done

 T. Smith, here

Unpacking 'commercial surveillance': The state of tracking

 EP Briefing, here

The European Commission buys into Amazon’s flawed commitments

 Balanced Economy, here

The GAFAM Empire: AN EXPLORATION OF ACQUISITIONS

 The Glassroom, here

The Half-a-Billion Fortnite Fine Kicks Off a New Era of Regulating User Interfaces

 Gizmodo, here

Courtroom updates in the matter of FTC v Meta/Within

 L. Hepner, here

Greek Final Report on the Sector Inquiry into Financial Technologies under article 40 of L. 3959/2011 - Executive Summary

 Here

An Indian DMA?

 ANTI-COMPETITIVE PRACTICES BY BIG TECH COMPANIES, here