GenAI: boost growth and competitiveness but also [...] protect things like freedom of expression and equality

 M. Vestager, here. 

This was the closing keynote at this conference. 

My conference posts: 

What does it mean for our society if we cannot protect those who live to share the ideas and creativity with the world?

 J. Kanter, here.

2024 CCP Annual Conference

 Videos here.

Intelligence artificielle générative : l’Autorité rend son avis sur le fonctionnement concurrentiel du secteur de l’intelligence artificielle générative

 ADLC, ici. Avis ici.

The AI we could have had

 E. Morozov, here.

Fixing the Information Crisis Before It's Too Late (For Democracy)

 OMI, Video here.

Were we going on a ‘crusade'?

 M. Vestager, here.

Don't open that box!

 M. Vestager, here.

Article 7(6) DMA: decision granting Meta a time extention published

 EC, here.

Das Bundeskartellamt: Jahresbericht 2023/24

 Hier.

Chiusa istruttoria per ottemperanza alla decisione di abuso di posizione dominante nei confronti di Leadiant, grazie all’azione dell’Autorità due società del gruppo hanno ridotto il prezzo di un farmaco

 AGCM, here.

Call for tenders CNECT/2023/OP/0047 - EP Pilot Project: Study of interoperability tools in the Digital Single Market.

 Here

The antitrust trial of the United States v. Google, LLC

 The website, here.

New Economy Short Cut with Isabella Weber und Branko Milanovic - Where do we go from here?

 Video here.

Reforming Article 102 TFEU: A European Social Contract Approach?

 Inclusive Competition Forum, here. 

[FYI Olivier Guersent yesterday said that 102 enforcement is just fine, no need to fix it]

AI, data governance and privacy

 OECD, here.

Commission sends preliminary findings to Apple and opens additional non-compliance investigation against Apple under the Digital Markets Act

 EC, here.

US Antitrust: Principles, Cases, and Materials (2d Edition)

 D. Francis, C. Sprigman, here.

Protecting competition in a changing world

 EC, here. 

Conference here (27 June), Live-stream 2PM here.

The European Union's AI Act: beyond motherhood and apple pie?

 N. Smuha, K. Yeung, here.

European Elections & the Digital Markets Act: J Espinoza (FT) L Crofts (MLex) S. Stolton (Bloomberg)

 Chez Oles, here.

Commission sends Statement of Objections to Microsoft over possibly abusive tying practices regarding Teams

 Here.

Varieties of corporate innovation systems and their interplay with global and national systems: Amazon, Facebook, Google and Microsoft’s strategies to produce and appropriate artificial intelligence

 C. Rikap, here.

United Nations Global Principles For Information Integrity

 Here.

Let's Talk Competition | Episode 7: Past and future of Competition policy

 Video here.

ECN DMA Conference in Amsterdam: This is not a de-briefing.

 

The conference unfolded under the quintessential Amsterdam weather—perfectly sunny and temperate. The venue was notably accessible and comfortable, which, coupled with its considerable distance from the city’s main attractions (a city where, full disclosure, my husband was born), ensured that attendance remained high throughout the event. The dessert buffet was quite impressive, matched only by the quality of the snacks provided during the post-conference reception.

From a substantive standpoint, the conference aimed to showcase the potential of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) to the business community. I can personally attest to the presence of CEOs from a diverse array of small to medium-sized enterprises, not just from Europe. Naturally, there was a risk that discussions might veer towards the non-compliance of gatekeepers; however, I believe this was mitigated, at least to a point. The presentations and ensuing discussions were constructive, both in the plenary sessions and the breakout rooms.

While I'm not sure if new business ideas directly stemming from the DMA emerged, the conference certainly brought to light several research topics (see our call for papers here). It was particularly intriguing to note the presence of investors interested in enterprises that could benefit from the DMA. Remember, navigating the DMA is a marathon, not a sprint. Fingers crossed.

M. Vestager, speech here.

The DMA, A short guide for tech challengers here. 

My X posts, unrolled here.

Apple Intelligence Features Not Coming to Europe at Launch Due to [unwillingness to comply with the DMA and most interesting AI features not launched until 2025 in any case]

 MacRumors, here.

DMA - Review of Apple's Compliance Proposal

 Open Web Advocacy, here.

BOOKING HOLDINGS / ETRAVELI GROUP

 Case M.10615, here.

Fostering a Federated AI Commons ecosystem

 T20 Policy Briefing, here.

Calculating Empires - A Genealogy of Technology and Power Since 1500

 K. Crawford and V. Joler, here.

Kenya: Watchdog now goes after tech giants with law review

 The Standard, here. 

(Disclosure: consulting for Article 19 until Isa comes back, and worked with others on the submission 😎 - great experience for an academic to work a bit for civil society, highly recommended and also necessary, given the current situation)

Tech industry groups oppose plans for digital competition law

 Hindustan Times, here.

Existence, Antecedents and Consequences of Non-Compliance in Mobile App Markets

 R. Kesler, here.

Two decades of personal data protection. What next? EDPS 20th Anniversary

EDPS 20th Anniversar, Book here. 

The Promise and Perils of Human Rights for Governing Digital Platforms: Symposium Introduction

 TechPolicyPress, here.

Transatlantic Dialogue: areas of convergence

 DOJ, here.

How the EU’s DMA is changing Big Tech: all of the news and updates

 The Verge, here.

EBU publishes “strategic asks” on generative AI and media

 BroadbandTVNews, here.

REDISCOVERING ADAM SMITH

 M. Holyoak, here.

Learning from the EU’s Mistakes: What To Do About Google’s Dominance in Search

 T. Cowen et al., here.

How to master Europe's digital infrastructure needs

 Internet Society, here.

We put the Google Finance link first

 Google, video here.

The Hacking of Culture and the Creation of Socio-Technical Debt

 e-flux Journal, here.

What’s All the Fuss About Antitrust?

 ACS, here.

The alarm bells are ringing: Competition is the solution to the productivity crisis - in Canada

 M. Boswell, here. 

Video here.

SCiDA Podcast on the DMA!

 Here.

UBS/Credit Suisse: FINMA schliesst Kontrollverfahren ab

 FINMA, hier.

Africa: The need for a new competition policy approach in digital economies

 F. Wang'ombe Kariuki, R,.Mazer, here.

Wettbewerbsbehörde beantragt Geldbuße gegen Brau Union

 ORF, hier.

RTL/DPG: Vergunning aanvragen

 ACM, Beslissing in NL and E-DeepL.

Meta pauses plans to train AI using European users’ data, bowing to regulatory pressure

 TechCrunch, here.

How Big Tech Is Killing Innovation

 M. Lemley, M. Wensley, here.

Mario Draghi: An Industrial Strategy For Europe

 M. Draghi, here.

Procompetitive Industrial Policy – Note by Italy

 At the OECD, here.

Wettbewerbsrecht in der digitalen Transformation

 H. Schweitzer Video (2023)  hier.

Antitrust Policy and Artificial Intelligence: Some Neglected Issues

 C. Rikap, here.

Heike Schweitzer (RIP) on "How to Fix a Failing Art. 102 TFEU"

Video here.

Pre-print Paper here (advance article published by JECLAP on the day she died, here)

2023 Presentation at the "Professorentagung" hier (Hintergrundpapier des Bundeskartellamtes hier)

2024 Milton Handler Lecture on Antitrust: Bill Baer on Competition Policy and Enforcement

 Video here.

Procompetitive Industrial Policy

 EU at the OECD, here.

Monopolisation, Moat Building and Entrenchment Strategies

 US at the OECD, here. And the EU, here.

The Evolution of the Case Law on ‘Abuse’ of Dominance in EU Competition Law

 P. Akman, audio here. 

The impact of the EU General data protection regulation on product innovation

 K. Blind et al. here. 

Pay or Okay coercion or a fair deal

 CPDP.ai, video herehere. 

Fifty Years of the Brussels-New York Connection

 EC and Fordham, video herehere. 

Entretien avec Shoshana Zuboff : les mutations du capitalisme de surveillance à l'ère de l'IA

 France Culture, Podcast ici. 

Opinion on Meta’s reference offer published in March 2024 to facilitate WhatsApp interoperability under Article 7 of the Digital Markets Act

 BEREC, herehere. 

Governing Digitization in Public Interest

 F. Bria, herehere. 

What Is Bold, Old, and Necessary about the DOJ’s Lawsuit Against Live Nation-Ticketmaster

 J. Kwoka and Tommaso, here. 

AI governance in India – law, policy and political economy

 D. Joshi, herehere. 

Three Algorithms in a Room

 L. Goldstein, herehere. 

BMW, Mercedes, Thyssenkrupp und VW dürfen zum Erwerb von bestimmten Technologielizenzen gemeinsam verhandeln

 Bundeskartellamt, hierhier. 

Intelligence artificielle : la CNIL poursuit ses travaux pour une IA innovante et respectueuse de la vie privée

 CNIL, iciici. 

EX-ANTE VERSUS EX-POST IN COMPETITION LAW ENFORCEMENT: BLURRED BOUNDARIES AND ECONOMIC RATIONALE

 P. Bougette & Friends, herehere. 

Auswirkungen von KI auf die Meinungsvielfalt und Regulierungsansätze

 KEK, hierhier. 

50 YEARS OF THE GERMAN MONOPOLIES COMMISSION

 D'Kart, here. 

Where it all began: The Bundeskartellamt’s Meta case

 Germany at the OECD, here.

Mass Surveillance in Digital Markets Raises Many Privacy and Competition Concerns

 US at the OECD, here.

The intersection between competition and data privacy

 OECD, Background Note here.

Apple has drawn a fuzzy line about what counts as console emulation on iPhone

 AppleInsider, here.

The Digital Fixer

 

Part I, Part II, and Part III.

New Industrial Policy, Competitiveness, Competition: Framing the Trade-Offs

 CEPR, video here.

BRICS in the digital economy: Competition Policy in Practice (2nd Report)

 Here.

Ecosystem Theories of Harm in EU Merger Enforcement

 D. Despoina, here.