Here Are All the Reasons It’s a Bad Idea to Let a Few Tech Companies Monopolize Our Data

M. Stucke, here. 

Software Interface Copyright

Harvard J of L&T, Special Issue, here. 

Hey, Alexa, What Can You Hear? And What Will You Do With It?

NYTimes, here. 

A German Approach to Antitrust for Digital Platforms

J. Haucap, here.. 

The Uber-Grab merger and the potentially anti-competitive consequences of the battle for ride-hailing dominance

CoRe Blog, here. 

On Uber Selling Southeast Asia Business to Grab

B. Edelman, here. 

eDistortions: How Data-opolies Are Dissipating the Internet’s Potential

A. Ezrachi, M. Stucke, here. 

Vertical restraints, digital marketplaces, and enforcement tools

J. Laitenberger, here. 

Apple Just Poached Google's AI Chief. Now Maybe Siri Will Get Smarter

Fortune, here. 

Synchronised swimming versus competition in banking

ACCC, here. 

FB drama hits open banking

InnovationAus, here. 

Technology & Competition law: A conversation with Stephen King

Audio here.

Facebook, Cambridge Analytica, and the Regulator’s Dilemma: Clueless or Venal?

D. Vladeck, here. 

Rethinking Antitrust Tools for Multi-Sided Platforms

OECD, here. 

Tech Giants Breakup

N. Petit, Video here. 

Online platforms and abuse of dominance – the case of Funda Real Estate

D. Mandrescu, here. 

Trade Associations, Information Exchange, and Cartels

Spencer Weber Waller, here. 

Data Lords: The Real Story of Big Data, Facebook and the Future of News

TPM, here. 

Procedimento istruttorio nei confronti di Facebook Inc. per presunte pratiche commerciali scorrette

AGCM, qui.

Following Singapore, Philippines regulator forces Grab to delay closing Uber’s app

TechCrunch, here. 

In Conversation with Viktor Mayer-Schönberger: Reinventing Capitalism in the Age of Big Data

OII, here.

Rapport Villani

Ici.

EU-U.S. Privacy Shield two years on: conoscere i propri polli

G. Buttarelli, here.

Does big data increase prices in China?

Mp.weixin.qq.com, here.

The Age of Artificial Intelligence

EPSC, here.

How Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Can Impact Market Design

P. Milgrom, S. Tadelis, here.

QUALCOMM / NXP SEMICONDUCTORS

Case M.8306, here.  

The Impact of Machine Learning on Economics (January 2018)

S. Athey, here. 

Food Data Driven Business Innovation

Opendata.ch, here. 

KBC app lets customers check accounts at other banks; Citi takes aggregation route

FinExtra, here. 

The Impact of the EU’s New Data Protection Regulation on AI

Center for Data Innovation, here. 

Governments must intervene to build trust in data use

FT, here.
But...the GDPR isn't about data ownership.

Computational Power and the Social Impact of Artificial Intelligence

T. Hwang, here. 

Künstliche Intelligenz: EU-Kommission plant umfassende europäische Initiative

Heise.de, hier.
Draft: Maximising the benefits of artificial intelligence, here.

Sprachen Baufirmen über Jahre ihre Preise ab?

20min.ch, hier.

The Innovation Theory of Harm: An Appraisal

V. Denicolo, M. Polo, here. 

Huawei wins IP injunction against Samsung in China

The Register, here. 

Durchleuchtet, analysiert & einsortiert? Wie Unternehmen Daten über unseren Alltag erfassen und gegen uns einsetzen

Kitchen Talks, Video hier (und der Wiener Akzent ein echter Genuss !).

This Is So Much Bigger Than Facebook

The Atlantic, here. 

Plataformas chilenas de criptomonedas llaman a la ABIF a tomar definiciones sobre la industria

Pulso.cl, aquì.

To comply with GDPR, Google asks publishers to manage user-data consent for ad targeting in EU

Search Engine Land, here. 

An Empirical Study of Affiliate Marketing Disclosures on YouTube and Pinterest

A. Mathur, A. Narayanan, M. Chetty, here. 

How to Regulate Facebook

Slate, here.

Why have we given up our privacy to Facebook and other sites so willingly?

The Guardian, here.

The Facebook scandal isn’t just about privacy. Your economic future is on the line

The Guardian, here.

Brazil antitrust watchdog to investigate Brazilian banks on fintech complaint

Reuters, here.

'A grand illusion': seven days that shattered Facebook's facade

The Guardian, here.

ICN 2018 New Delhi - Wrap-up

CUTS Int., here.

How Google is eroding consumers’ freedom to choose

Beuc, here.

Robot Regulators. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Bloomberg, here.

Bundesdatenschutzbeauftragte bezweifelt Facebooks Datenschutzversprechen

Heise.de, hier.

Facebook largement en tête chez les agriculteurs

Terre-net.fr, ici.

Is Your Blockchain Business Doomed?

Bloomberg, here.

After the Cambridge Analytica scandal, advertisers rethink Facebook data

Digiday, here.

Horizontal mergers and innovation: why I agree with Tommaso Valletti

Chilling Competition, here.

-International Skating Union’s Eligibility rules

CASE AT.40208, here.

Should We Be Concerned About Data-Opolies?

M. Stucke, here.

TRASPORTO MERCI DA E PER LA SARDEGNA: SANZIONI DI 29 MLN DI EURO A MOBY E CIN PER ABUSO POSIZIONE DOMINANTE

AGCM, Qui.

Campaigners hit Cambridge Analytica where it hurts

FT, here.

Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica problems are nothing compared to what’s coming for all of online publishing

Doc Searls, here.

EU plans to pull ‘free’ digital services under consumer protection rules

Euractiv, here.

Vertical Mergers

ICN, Video here (Session 1 - 22 March 2018). 

5 takeaways from EU green light for ‘Baysanto’ mega-merger

Politico.eu, here.

Independent Assessor's Report on Facebook's Privacy Program (2012-2013)

PWC, here. 

Geoblocking Regulation enters into force today

EC, here. 

Online Markets and Vertical Restraints: the Same Old Story?

ICN, Video here  (Session 2 - 22 March 2018). The Italian proceedings mentioned (taxi reservation platforms) are here. Interest remarks by ACCC (from 45:15).

What happens when an algorithm cuts your health care

The Verge, here.

Statement by Commissioner Vestager on Commission decision to give conditional approval to Bayer's plans to buy Monsanto ecc.

Press Release, here. See also here. Video of the press conference here (innovation concerns esp. 28:30 ff.). 

Data Economy: some etichettte in due languages

Mia, ad Alpbach Trento qui.

Salesforce will Konkurrenten für knapp 6 Milliarden Dollar kaufen

FAZ, hier.

Why mergers between old-media titans do not matter

FT, here.

Opinion on online manipulation and personal data

EDPS, here.

Cambridge Analytica Uncovered: Secret filming reveals election tricks

Channel 4, Video here. 

Uber halts self-driving tests after death in Arizona

FT, here. 

Google launches cost-per-sale Shopping Actions

Search Engine Land, here. 

Bill Kovacic interviews Andrea Coscelli

Video, here. 

Zuck, You've Got Mail (from Ron Wyden)

Here. 

On Facebook and its "data ecosystem"

Google macht Amazon neue Konkurrenz

FAZ, hier. 

Beware the Big Five

T. Shaw, here.

Meet the data war whistleblower

The Guardian, here.

“Facebook could see it was happening,” says Wylie. “Their security protocols were triggered because Kogan’s apps were pulling this enormous amount of data, but apparently Kogan told them it was for academic use. So they were like, ‘Fine’.”

The Video is also quite instructive, but, wait a minute, he doesn’t even trust HIS OWN  MUM ?!?

50 million Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach

The Guardian, here.

The “New Madison” Approach to Antitrust and Intellectual Property Law

M. Delrahim, here.

ICN Vertical Mergers Survey Report

ICN, here.

Facebook has suspended Cambridge Analytica, the data analytics firm that helped Donald Trump get elected

Recode, here.

China to bar people with bad 'social credit' from planes, trains

Reuters, here.

Diritti TV per la Serie A: via libera a Mediapro, ma sia intermediario equo, trasparente e non discriminatorio

AGCM, qui.

Markttransparenzstelle für Kraftstoffe; Jahresbericht 2017

Bundeskartellamt, hier.

'Hipster antitrust' movement is all action, no plan

D. Balto, M. Lane, here.

MasterCard and IBM to set up European ‘data trust’

FT, here.
*warning*: more than avarage legal errors in the article, but the news is there

Probe urged into break-up of big four accountants

FT, here.

DOJ v. AT&T: Transcript of Discussion & Preview of Key Arguments at Trial

Capital Forum, here.

Robotergehirne brauchen Regeln

SZ, hier.

LinkedIn attempts to have data-scraping injunction dismissed

iapp, here. 

Are Important Innovations Rewarded? Evidence from Pharmaceutical Markets

M. Kyle, here. 

The First Priority of Antitrust Analysis is Getting It Right, Not Making it Easier

Truth on the Market, here.

This Supreme Court Case Could Make Corporate Giants Even More Powerful

The Nation, here. 

EDPS on privacy protection under the PSD2

Kenneth Rogoff concerned by the dark side of the technology revolution

Afr.com, here.

WhatsApp signs public commitment not to share personal data with Facebook until data protection concerns are addressed

ICO, here.