Auditing for Transparency in Content Personalization Systems

B. Mittelstadt, here. 

Google and Facebook's "fake news" ban is a welcome nail in the coffin of "software objectivity"

BoingBoing, here. 

Mark Zuckerberg Is in Denial

NYTimes, here. 

Antitrust in the digital age

M. Grenfell, here. 

(Most competition authorities waiting for Coty?) 

Notice on certain articles of Directive 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions

EC, here. 

Europe’s new privacy regime will disrupt the adtech Lumascape

Pagefair, here.

The Ripple Effects of Online Marketplace Bans

A. Ezrachi, here (research supported by the Computer and Communications Industry Association - CCIA).

I Think, Therefore I Invent: Creative Computers and the Future of Patent Law

R. Abbott, here. 

AI at Facebook

A. Bordes, Video here. 

The Trick Data Scientists Use To Know You’re Paying Attention To Beyoncé

FastCompany, here. 

Bundling

H. Singer, Presentation here. 

Privacy is an essentially contested concept: a multi-dimensional analytic for mapping privacy

D. Mulligan, C. Koopman, N. Doty, here. 

Les applications de messagerie sortent leurs « bots » pour séduire les marques

LesEchos, ici. 

Clicks and mortarboards: how can higher education make the most of digital technology?

Nesta, here. 

Google, Facebook Move to Punish Fake News Sites With Ad Rules

Bloomberg, here. 

‘I’m sorry, my friend, but you’re implicit in the algorithm…’ Privacy and internal access to #BigDataStream

An interview with Giovanni Buttarelli, European Data Protection Supervisor, here. 

Artificial Intelligence and Ethics – Who does the thinking?

IEEE AI & Ethics Summit 2016, here. 

Die Union will der Ministererlaubnis Zügel anlegen

FAZ, hier.

Man hacks Alexa into singing fish robot, terror ensues

TheVerge, here.

Work done: “Microsoft” rushed to the disadvantage of others

FAS, here.

Can Google Make Its Mark on the Cloud?

Bloomberg, here.

While Amazon Alexa quickly becomes part of the family, Google Home is like a stranger who knows too much about you

Recode, here.

Russia to Block Access to LinkedIn Over Alleged Legal Violations

Bloomberg, here.

Microsoft-LinkedIn deal gets approved in South Africa

Mybroadband.co.za, here.

FTC Seeks Comment on Proposed Changes to Contact Lens Rule

FTC, here.

Google sanctioned in Italy for abuse of economic dependence

Preiskel & Co, here.

Skating on Thin Ice: The European Commission challenges the governance rules of an international sports association as being incompatible with European antitrust rules

P. Alexiados, P. Figueroa, here.

Twitter and Facebook go soul-searching after Trump's win

Bloomberg, here.

CJEU annuls EUIPO decision on registration of Rubik’s Cube shape as EU trade mark

Judgment in Case C-30/15 P Simba Toys GmbH & Co. KG v EUIPO, here. 

The Data Said Clinton Would Win. Why You Shouldn’t Have Believed It.

NYTimes, here. 

Algorithmic accountability and transparency in the digital single market

European Parliament Hearing, Video here. 

Rapport de la mission de réflexion sur la création d’un droit voisin pour les éditeurs de presse

L. Franceschini, ici. 

Why we should worry about WhatsApp accessing our personal information

ICO for the Guardian, here. 

Siri can now send money via PayPal

TechCrunch, here. 

Ergebnisse der 92. Konferenz der unabhängigen Datenschutzbehörden

Pressemitteilung, hier. 

Parallels Between Europe’s Antitrust Cases Against Google and Microsoft

NYTimes, here.

Bradley Tusk points out the bright side of Trump presidency in memo to portfolio companies

TechCrunch, here.

Future of Big Mergers Under Trump? Like Much Else, It’s Unclear

NYTimes, here.

Robots and the Developing World

UNCTAD, here. 

Le prêt d'ebook assimilable au prêt d'un livre papier, sous conditions

Actualitte, ici.
Judgment in Case C-174/15, here.  

Looking beyond transatlantic data transfers

Brookings, here.

Facebook’s new ads let brands connect with you on Messenger

Recode, here. 

Trump on Antitrust

NatLawReview, here.

Guidelines on the protection of personal data processed by mobile applications provided by European Union institutions

EDPS, here.

Apple says Australian banks are ‘not interested’ in promoting mobile payments competition

Nfcworld.com, here. Apple's submission here. Other submissions here. 

U.S. Chief Data Scientist DJ Patil: Data can help everyone

Recode, Podcast here.

Commission to open probe into tech companies’ algorithms next year

EurActiv, here.

The Role of Demand-Side Remedies in Driving Effective Competition: A Review for Which?

A. Fletcher, here. 

The Brilliance of Spotify Internal APIs to Mitigate Payments

Nordicapis, here. 

FCC Releases Order Imposing New Privacy Rules on ISPs and Telcos

Paulhastings.com, here. 

Start-ups sollen Bahn helfen, sich zu digitalisieren

Heise.de, hier. 

Competition and Data Protection Policies in the Era of Big Data: Privacy Guarantees as Policy Tools

N. Jentzsch, here.

Guidelines on the protection of personal data processed through web services provided by EU institutions

EDPS, .here.

Evidence to the Royal Society and British Academy on Data Governance

The Royal Statistical Society, here.

Facebook agreed to pause using data from UK WhatsApp users for advertisements or product improvement purposes.

ICO, here.

If Facebook earns 1.2 dollars for every user, how come users of CitizenMe can earn more than Facebook profits pro capita?

CitizenMe, here. 

CMA warns online sellers about price-fixing

CMA, here. 

Twitter-as-platform-cooperative

Wired, here. 

The state of debate – what to expect from the EU e-commerce sector inquiry

Squire Patton Boggs, here.

SANCTIONS IN ANTITRUST CASES

OECD Background Paper, here.

Is hyperlinking copyright infringement? EU vs. US

M. Stanganelli, here.

M&S, Disney and the BBC on why data is key to loyalty

MarketingWeek, here.

The Facebook/Admiral Scandal Shows The Limits And Dangers Of Big Data Capitalism

HuffPost, here.

Regulating Rideshare: Uber & Lyft in Austin, TX

Federalist Society, video here.

Examination of differential pricing practices related to Internet data plans

CA Competition Bureau, here.

LinkedIn Deal Exposes Dominance In The CRM Market

Forbes, here.

Lost in the splinternet

TheEconomist, here.

Will Open Banking trigger the API of Me?

C. Wood, Video here. Read also here.
More about Figo here.

News of Charges in Price-Fixing Inquiry Sends Pharmaceuticals Tumbling

NYTimes, here.

Digital Exhaustion: North American Observations

A. Katz, here.

Les données personnelles: entre protection et exploitation

G. Buttarelli, ici.

China internet authority formalizes regulations for live-streaming industry

Reuters, here.

Tenth Circuit Rules That Invocation of IP Rights Is Presumptively Valid Defense to Antitrust Refusal to Deal Claims

Orrick, Here.

Sozial geschickte Chatbots

TechnologyReview, hier.

Consumers Need To Pay More Attention To Monetizing Their Personal Data

TheMerkle, here.

Sole and despotic dominion

C. Doctorow, here.

Sen. Al Franken asks Uber and Lyft about alleged racial discrimination against passengers

TechCrunch, here. 

Slapped wrists for “privacy law breakers” Fitbit, Jawbone, Garmin, and Mio

ArsTechnica, here. 

Abgegriffene Browserdaten: Mozilla entfernt "Web of Trust"

Heise.de, hier. 

Uber's redesigned app wants to mine personal information on your phone

LATimes, here. 

Microsoft/LinkedIn deal notified for EU merger control clearance: Will it be smooth sailing?

Lavoielegal.eu, here. 

The Competitive Landscape for Machine Intelligence

Bloomberg Beta, here. 

Google and Facebook are booming. Is the rest of the digital ad business sinking?

Recode, here. 

These Apps Let Anyone Build a (Dumb) Chatbot

Bloomberg, here. 

EU-U.S. Privacy Shield challenged

White & Case, here. 

Cloud: Datenschützer prüfen Speicherung von Unternehmensdaten im Ausland

Heise.de, hier. 

Reform des europäischen Urheberrechts: Viel Luft nach oben

VZBV, hier. 

Court challenge to Privacy Shield will have wide reverberations

The Irish Times, here. 

Carnegie Mellon to open research center focused on AI ethics

ZDNet, here. 

Review: ‘The Attention Merchants’ Dissects the Battle for Clicks and Eyeballs

NYTimes, here. 

Walmart joins antitrust suit alleging tuna collusion

Under Current News, here.

Improving Quality Isn’t Anti- Competitive, Part II

Google, here.

The German Bundesgerichtshof changes its concept of parody following CJEU Deckmyn v. Vrijheidsfonds/ Vandersteen

Kluwercopyrightblog, here. 

Europe rewrites the rules for Silicon Valley

FT, here.

Flywheel Taxi sues Uber for antitrust violations

SF Gate, here.

Managing the Machines

 A. Agrawal, J. Gans, and A. Goldfarb, here. 

It’s Finally Legal To Hack Your Own Devices (Even Your Car)

Wired, here.

Merger trends in innovation markets on the two sides of the Atlantic

F. Jenny, Presentation here. 

Ninth Annual Conference on Antitrust Economics and Competition Policy: Conference Summary

Techpolicy, here. 

Facebook clamps down on piracy as it wipes out several music-sharing groups

TheNextWeb, here.