Monday, January 05, 2026

Brazilian regulator opens investigation into Microsoft's software, cloud services: report

 Msn.com, here

CADE signs a Cease and Desist Agreement with Apple

 

Discuss...

Press Release, here

Reviewing European Antitrust Activity in 2025 and What It All Means for 2026

 M. Kirkwood, here

[If teaching at an Italian University counts as European Antitrust Activity, activity, 2025 was the first year I really struggled teaching traditional competition law - perceived mostly as a colossal waste of time for my Students and I, a bit like teaching International Law in 2026 I guess] 

DRCF Thematic Innovation Hub: Agentic AI webinar

 Video here

Good format? Unsure! They allocated most of the available time to a presentation delivered by a US company (dialogue with 'industry,' they call it).

Supporting economic growth! Societal benefits spreading across the economy! 


Open Web Advocacy 2025 in Review

 Brave/i, here

Poland Calls for EU Investigation of TikTok Over AI-Generated Disinformation Campaign

 The Cyber Express, here

US tech lobbying warning "EU lawmakers against efforts to decouple too sharply from US technology, as this would risk provoking countermeasures"

 


Euractiv, here



[Example of "gloves": it's all about innovation!
Even US brain-washed and financed, hard-liners among EU academics will come to realize it in 2026 - perhaps]. 

Japan Fair Trade Commission to Launch Investigation into Use of News Articles by AI-Powered Search Engines

 The Japan News, here

The Future of Enforcement and Compliance? How Computational Antitrust is Used

Our Curious Amalgam, here

The Italian Competition Authority orders Meta to suspend the terms excluding competing AI Chatbots from WhatsApp

 

Luzia...

AGCM, here