Facebook admits tracking users and non-users off-site

TheGuardian, here. 

Platforms and Adjacent Market Competition: A Look at Recent History

R. Picker, here. 

Australian fintech firms call for competition watchdog to monitor open banking roll-out

FinExtra, here. 

Unlockd Applies For An Injunction Against Google, Citing Anti-Competitive Conduct

Which-50.com, here. See also here. 

I think more investigations for Facebook are coming...

Interview with M. Vestager, here. 

Santander chair calls EU rules on payments unfair

FT, here. 

The Principle of Purpose Limitation in Data Protection Laws

M. von Grafenstein, here. 

Use our personal data for the common good

H. Shah, here.

The illiberal vision of neo-Brandeisian antitrust

G. Manne, here.

Behavioural Study on the Transparency of Online Platforms

EC, here.

Singapore’s competition watchdog sets interim measures for Grab-Uber merger

Channelnewsasia, here. CCCS’s press release here.

Why Europe, not Congress, will rein in big tech

Washington Post, here.

Reining in Big Data’s Robber Barons

NYBooks, here. 

Hackers stole a casino's high-roller database through a thermometer in the lobby fish tank

BusinessInsider.de, here. 

AI in the UK: ready, willing and able?

House of Lords, here.
CMA's written evidence here.
Interesting written evidence imho:
M. Lynch, here.
Article 19, here
CBI, here
Royal Academy of Engineering, here
The Alan Turing Institute, here
(tbd)


"O, there has been much throwing about of brains."

AI in banking: the reality behind the hype

FT, here.

The way global central banks work is about to fundamentally change — and technology is to blame

BusinessInsider, here.

Request for information regarding facial recognition on Facebook

WP29, here.

Cannibalisation effects, you said?

Picasso, La mujer que llora

#chillincompetitionfineart

Ernst Hafen: Our personal data should only be under our own control

CNN, here.

Facebook Uses Artificial Intelligence to Predict Your Future Actions for Advertisers, Says Confidential Document

The Intercept, here.

Why undertakers are worried

The Economist, here.

Is Tricking A Robot Hacking?

R. Calo, I. Evtimov, E. Fernandes, T. Kohno, D. O’Hair, here.

Privacy Under the Hood: Towards an International Data Privacy Framework for Autonomous Vehicles*

C. Colbert, here.

Remedies for Robots

M. Lemley, B. Casey, here.

Innovation in EU Merger Control

C. Esteva Mosso, here.

Google loses landmark 'right to be forgotten' case

The Guardian, here.

Death By a Thousand Papercuts: How Streaming Services Protect Themselves From Lawsuits by Burying the Copyright Office in Paperwork

Billboard, here.

No, end-to-end encryption does not prevent Facebook from accessing WhatsApp chats

G. Zanon, here. 

DIGITAL PLATFORMS AND CONCENTRATION

Stigler Center, 2018 Antitrust and Competition Conference, 19-20 April, here and livestreamed here.

The 2017 Conference has been great fun, highly recommended!

Starting at 3.30 pm TrentoTime.

La nueva economía

CNMC Blog, aquì. 

How CCI should look at M&A deals in digital economy

LiveMint, here. 

Should Privacy Law Regulate Technological Design? An Interview with Woodrow Hartzog

LinkedIn, here. 

Processing Personal Data on the Basis of Legitimate Interests under the GDPR

Future of Privacy Forum, here. 

LA DONNÉE COMME INFRASTRUCTURE ESSENTIELLE

Administrateur général des données, ici. 

What Makes Tech Platforms So Powerful?

L. Khan, here. 

UK advertising in a digital age

House of Lords, here. 

Irish High Court to send off Facebook & US surveillance case to CJEU

M. Schrems, here. 

Understanding the Economics of AI

A. Goldfarb, here. 

There is no AI ethics: The human origins of machine prejudice

J. Bryson, here. 

"Fuchsia ist kein Linux": Google dokumentiert Android-Nachfolger

Heise.de, hier. 

Neutrality, fairness or freedom? Principles for platform regulation

F. Bostoen, here. 

European Commission acts to ban unfair trade practices in the food supply chain

EC, here. 

Viktor Mayer-Schönberger: "Wow! Totale Informationskontrolle!"

Profil.at, hier. 

Henrik Kristoffersen v. The Norwegian Ski Federation

EFTA Court, Report of the Hearing here. 

Streit über "Persönlichkeitsstatus" von Robotern kocht hoch

Heise.de, hier.

‘We’ll get back to you’: six questions Mark Zuckerberg dodged

FT, here. See also the comprehensive list of questions-to-be-followed-up here. 

Was bringt die Datenschutz- Grundverordnung für automatisierte Entscheidungssysteme?

S. Dreyer, W. Schulz, hier. 

When science fiction inspires real technology

Technology Review, here. 

Facebook is now in the data-privacy spotlight. Could Google be next?

Washington Post, here. 

And @wavesblog antitrust writing award 2018 goes to...

Here.

(Hopefully, the bottle will be delivered at the next Ascola Conference - NYU 2018)

Rethinking competition in the Digital Economy

Cofece, here.

EU approves changes to Bayer commitments over Monsanto deal

Reuters, here.

Competition policy in a globalized and digitalized world. Challenges of today and tomorrow

Bundeskartellamt, Podiumsdiskussion, Video here. 

Wettbewerb, Verbraucher, Arbeitsplätze – wen oder was schützen Wettbewerbsbehörden?

Bundeskartellamt, Interview Video hier. 

GDPR's right of access

Babbage, here (from 00:48).

Ontwikkelingen digitale revolutie zowel kans als risico

ACM, hier. 

Kartellamt befragt Hotels zu Booking.com

AHGZ, hier. 

Deux députés relancent la possibilité de proposer des alternatives à Google dans les smartphones

Numerama.com, ici. 

The Lundbeck Case and the Concept of Potential Competition

S. Marco Colino, N. Dunne, K. Fournier, S. Pais, D. Ritzmann, here. 

Commission confirms unannounced inspections concerning distribution of sports media rights and other related rights

EC, here.
Murdoch's Fox, and who else? VodafoneZiggo is another investigated company.

2033: How Mark Zuckerberg Fixed Facebook

Politico.com, here. 

The Long Run: Maximizing Innovation Incentives Through Advocacy and Enforcement

M. Delrahim, here. 

Facebook's China Argument Revealed in Zuckerberg's Hearing Notes

Bloomberg, here. 

Google appeals Indian antitrust watchdog's 'search bias' verdict: sources

Reuters, here. Ruling here.
See also this comment.

Artificial Intelligence, Economics, and Industrial Organization

H. Varian, here. 

Summary report of the consultation on the review of the directive on the re-use of public sector information

EC, here. 

Creation without consequence: How Silicon Valley made a hot mess of progress

J. Bryson, here. 

FROM METRO TO COTY: A STORY TO BE CONTINUED? THE CJEU'S JUDGMENT IN COTY GERMANY GMBH V PARFÜMERIE AKZENTE GMBH

Baker McKenzie, here. 

THE TAR LAZIO’S JUDGEMENT IN THE ITALIAN ASPEN CASE ON THE IMPOSITION OF UNFAIR PRICES UNDER ART. 102(A) TFEU

M. Angeli, here. 

EU Member States to cooperate on European strategy for Artificial Intelligence

EC, here. Declaration here. 

What 40 Years of Research Reveals About the Difference Between Disruptive and Radical Innovation

HBR, here. 

Paul-Olivier Dehaye and the Raiders of the Lost Data

Law.kuleuven.be, here. 

ALGORITHMIC IMPACT ASSESSMENTS: A PRACTICAL FRAMEWORK FOR PUBLIC AGENCY ACCOUNTABILITY

AI Now, here. 

Singapore: Competition watchdog to study online travel booking sector, data portability issues

Today Online, here. 

Amerika erlaubt größte deutsche Auslandsübernahme

FAZ, hier. 

Blockchain to enable medical data to be stored and transmitted safely and effectively

EC, here. here.

What Should Congress Ask Zuckerberg? Nothing.

NyTimes, here. 

A Member State is not required to extend a prohibition on the extradition of its own nationals to the United States to every EU citizen travelling in its territory

Judgment in Case C-191/16 Romano Pisciotti v Bundesrepublik Deutschland, here. 

The UberPop service does not constitute an information society service

Judgment in Case C-320/16, here. 

Uber seeks Dutch payments licence in drive to diversify

Sky News, here. 

Using Digital Platforms and Artificial Intelligence to Outpace Rivals

Oracle, here. 

Joint Submission to Treasury on the Open Banking Review Final Report

K. Kemp, D. Vaile, here. 

New ways to trade data

The Economist, here. 

Big Data aus wettbewerbs- und ordnungspolitischer Perspektive

J. Haucap, hier. 

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.