Taxi and Uber Drivers Are United in Backing a Cap on Ride-Hail Vehicles

NYTimes, here. 

Tech Policy: State Attorneys General Pose Antitrust and Privacy Enforcement Risk to Google and Facebook; Could Initiate Android Case Like They Did US v. Microsoft

Capitol Forum, here. 

SAMR Policy: China Launches First Antitrust Probe into Digital Platforms, SAMR Official Says

Capital Forum, here. 

Grab wants to go way beyond ride-hailing in Asia, co-founder Hooi Ling Tan says

Recode, here. 

Fortnite Android ne sera pas sur le Google Play

Numérama, ici. 

Hard Questions: How Should Facebook and Other Companies Protect Privacy While Letting People Share Their Information Between Apps and Services?

FB Newsroom, here. 

Ausgerechnet mit ApplePay & GooglePay könnten deutsche Banken wieder Relevanz im DigitalPayment erhalten!

Paymentandbanking.com, hier. 

Blockchains: Regulating the Unknown

M. Finck, here. 

Er hat das Telefon neu erfunden

FAZ, hier. 

All you need to know about the Srikrishna panel’s draft data protection law

Scroll.in, here. 

Understanding Google's Search Platform and the Implications for Antitrust Analyses

J. Yun, here. 

Regulating Big Tech?

R. Epstein, here. 

German Appellate Court Rules on ICANN Request to Preserve WHOIS Data

ICANN, here. 

Innovationen – Herausforderung für die Kartellrechtspraxis

Protokoll zur Tagung des Arbeitskreises Kartellrecht, hier.

Everything bad about Facebook is bad for the same reason

Quartz, here.

Apple Pay: Sparkasse und FDP fordern Freigabe für alle

IPhone-ticker.de hier.

The tech industry needs to reckon with the dark side of advertising, WordPress CEO Matt Mullenweg says

Recode, here. 

Researcher explains how algorithms can create a fairer legal system

TechWorld, here. 

Handbook on European data protection law

 European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and Council of Europe, here. 

‘SCRAPER’ BOTS AND THE SECRET INTERNET ARMS RACE

Wired, here.

Google Maps Says ‘the East Cut’ Is a Real Place. Locals Aren’t So Sure

NYTimes, here. 

ACM start marktstudie appstores voor mobiele telefoons

ACM, hier. 

Lessons for Australia in the EU’s algorithmic price war that ripped off consumers

R. Nicholls, here. 

RGPD : une extension ajoute un refus global sur les sites utilisant le module Quantcast Choice

Next Impact, ici. 

Who has been advising Carrefour on its strategic cooperation with Google?

Clifford Chance, here. 

Parity clauses of Booking.com now banned in Sweden for the benefit of consumers and hoteliers

TravelDailyNews, here. See also here.

Google’s Secret China Project Sparks Anger Among Workers

Bloomberg, here. 

Blockchain innovation in Europe

European Union Blockchain Observatory and Forum, here. 

The New Pythagoreans

C. Gilliard, H. Culik, here. 

UK appoints former Obama adviser to lead tech review

FT, here. 

What are data-opolies and should we be worried about them?

Competition Lore, Podcast here. 

When is a business a platform?

Competition Lore, Podcast here.

POWER AND PURPOSE: PROTECTING A COMPETITIVE POSITION AFTER ACCC V PFIZER (II)

Corrs.com.au, here. 

Audit the algorithms that are ruling our lives

FT, here. 

Remedies for Robots

M. Lemley, B. Casey, here. 

20 ways Democrats could crack down on Big Tech

Axios, here. Paper here.

Power Buster: EU Competition Commissioner MARGRETHE VESTAGER on populism and optimism

Anger Management with Nick Clegg, here (on the data economy: at 30:00).

Managing Competition on a Two-Sided Platform

P. Belleflamme, M. Peitz, here. 

Intellectual Property and Antitrust Review: Europe

T. Vinje, here. 

Fairness and Enforcement: Bridging Competition, Data Protection and Consumer Law

I. Graef, D. Clifford, P. Valcke, here. 

Global Online Piracy Study

J. Poort, J. Quintais, M. van der Ende, A. Yagafarova, M. Hageraats, here. 

Rod Sims in conversation with Caron Beaton-Wells

Competition Lore, here. 

Opinion: "Are You A Bot?" Is The New "Are You A Cop?"

R. Calo, M. Lamo, here. 

How to define and regulate “data of general interest”?

B. Pailhès, here. 

Economic models of data: A complex relation between supply and demand

P. Belleflamme, here. 

Merger policy in the age of Facebook

A. Prat, T. Valletti, here. The. Paper is here

ECJ annuls Nestlé’s KitKat bar shape trademark

FT, here. 

The upside of making personal data portable

Mydex, here. 

Décision Android : comment les smartphones ont pris le pouvoir et comment le leur reprendre

Le Monde, ici. 

Market review into the supply of card-acquiring services

PSR, here. 

Attention Oligopoly

A. Prat, T. Valletti, here. 

Prosumer Law and Network Platform Regulation: The Long View Towards Creating OffData

C. Marsden, here. 

EC fines four consumer electronics manufacturers for fixing online resale prices

Press Release, here. 

Alphabet Results Support Confidence in Face of EU Curbs

Reuters, here. See also here. 

The European Commission Picks a Fight with Google Android over Business Models

R. Picker, here. 

REGULATING AT SCALE

P. Ohm, here. 

Technology Regulation by Default: Platforms, Privacy, and the CFPB

R. Van Loo, here. 

Sources of Tech Platform Power

L. Khan, here. 

Google's $5 Billion Escape: Why Europe's Antitrust Cop Could Be Tougher On Data

Forbes, here. 

Amazon’s battle with Google shifts to TVs and speakers

FT, here. 

Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Twitter partner for ambitious new data project

The Verge, here.

Policy Failure: The Role of “Economics” in AT&T-Time Warner and American Express

M. Steinbaum, J. Biese, here.

GOOGLE-CHEF PICHAI IM GESPRÄCH : „Eine Entscheidung gegen unser Geschäftsmodell“

FAZ, hier.
“Es gibt eine Entscheidung und wir werden uns danach richten. Wir werden bedächtig unsere Optionen prüfen und konstruktiv mit der EU-Kommission darüber sprechen.“”

Applications mobiles : mises en demeure pour absence de consentement au traitement de données de géolocalisation à des fins de ciblage publicitaire

CNIL, ici.

Will the European Commission’s Google Android Decision Benefit Consumers?

P. Akmar, here.

Europe has fined Google $5 billion. But that won't hurt it

Cnn Tech, here.

Making Data Portability Work

Mydex, here.

Quelques réflexions sur la décision Android du 18 juillet 2018

F. Marty, ici.

He Has Tweeted HT @aoifewhite101

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Algorithms As Cartel Infringements – A Bibliography

P. Pohlmann & D. Schütte, here. ❤️

Mozilla Responds to European Commission’s Google Android Decision

Here.

The EU fining Google over Android is too little, too late, say experts

The Guardian, here.

Microsoft-GitHub Deal Poses New ‘Data Eavesdropping’ Questions

Bloomberg, here and here. 

EC’s Android Suit: the Stupidest Antitrust Suit of All Time?

Tech Freedom, here.

Google Shrugs Off EU Fine; Damage to Hinge on Rivals' Next Moves

Bloomberg, here.

Europe is right to stand up to Google’s power

FT, here.

Oversight of the FTC

Energy and Commerce Committee, here.

FTC Chair Says Commission ‘Very Interested’ in EU's Google Fine

Bloomberg, here.

The Android decision is out: the exciting legal stuff beneath the noise

Chilling Competition, here.

The EU’s Google Android antitrust decision falls prey to the nirvana fallacy

G. Manne, here.

Android: Error 404 “Theory Not Found”

Baker McKenzie, here.

Android has created more choice, not less

Google, here.

Why the Commission’s Google Android decision harms competition and stifles innovation

D. Auer, here.

Commission fines Google €4.34 billion for illegal practices regarding Android mobile devices to strengthen dominance of Google's search engine

EC, Press Release, here. See also Commissioner Vestager’s Statement here.

EU Competition Commissioner Vestager: Press Conference on the Android Decision

Video here.

Global regulators start monitoring crypto assets

Reuters, here.
FSB's Report here.

Why millennials are driving cashless revolution in China

FT, here. 

Why a US v. Google-Android Antitrust Case Is Stronger than US v. Microsoft

S. Cleland, here. 

Die nächste Milliardengeldbuße für Google steht bevor

FAZ, hier. 

DoubleClick in sights of ACCC for abusing market position

The Australian, here. 

Winners & Losers in the Digital Age: Kara Swisher on data privacy, data deals and mobile addiction

Video here. 

RISE OF THE API COPYRIGHT DEAD?: AN UPDATED EPITAPH FOR COPYRIGHT PROTECTION OF NETWORK AND FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE

P. Menell, here. 

Google should give away a free Home smart speaker to every US household, Morgan Stanley suggests

CNBC, here. 

OHIO V. AMERICAN EXPRESS: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY

J. Newman, here. 

Why Android is Google’s Trojan horse.

T. Vinje, here. 

Rapprochements à l'achat dans le secteur de la grande distribution à dominante alimentaire: L'Autorité de la concurrence renforce ses investigations et ouvre des enquêtes

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

EU consumer rules: The European Commission and EU consumer authorities push Airbnb to comply

EC, here. 

Vestager’s misguided Google crusade

Politico.eu, here. 

Regulatory Challenges in Digital Markets: Trust Online

BCCP 2018 Conference, videos here. 

Competition issues in the Area of Financial Technology (FinTech)

EP, Study requested by the ECON committee, here.