Friday, August 01, 2025

Olivier Guersent: Inside the EU’s Antitrust Machine and the Future of European Power

 Capitol Forum, here.

AI GOVERNANCE AND THE EU’S STRATEGIC ROLE IN 2025

 M. Cantero Gamito, here. 

Generative AI in Check: Gatekeeper Power and Policy Under the DMA

 A. Ribera Martinez, here. 

Zuckerberg: AI increased the time spent on Facebook and Instagram in Q2

 TechCrunch, here. 

Google loses app store antitrust appeal, must make sweeping changes to Play Store

 ArsTechnica, here. 

CLOUD SERVICES MARKET INVESTIGATION: FINAL CUT

CMA, Summary of final decision here. 

Full 637-page Report here. 

Appendix A-W here. 



This is already the new Bible on 'cloud services and competition policy.' This colossal work will feed into worldwide antitrust and DMA-like analyses and enforcement actions, both public and private, for years to come. 

But, you know, the "CMA has indicated that no decision will be taken by the CMA Board on future SMS designation investigations in 2025 but that it will keep under review possible options and it anticipates that these will be considered in early 2026"...