Amazon Investigates Report That Employees Leaked Data for Bribes

Bloomberg, here. 

A public reckoning with the power of Big Tech

Book Forum, here. 

SIM cards with pre-installed services can be an aggressive practice: CJEU on Wind Tre

Recent-ecl.blogspot.com, here. 

Is fortnite becoming a relationship wrecker?

Divorce Online, here. 

Google Leadership’s Dismayed Reaction to Trump Election: A "Fun" Watch, Two Years Later

Breitbart, here.
Could boredom explain vote results and help build extremism?

"La régulation des télécoms doit s'étendre aux terminaux"

La Tribune, ici. Rapport ici.

How Game Apps That Captivate Kids Have Been Collecting Their Data

NYTimes, here. 

GOOGLE CHINA PROTOTYPE LINKS SEARCHES TO PHONE NUMBERS

The Intercept, here.

Here is Google's official response:

"We've been investing for many years to help Chinese users, from developing Android, through mobile apps such as Google Translate and Files Go, and our developer tools. But our work on search has been exploratory, and we are not close to launching a search product in China."

(Big) Data and the North-in-South: Australia’s Informational Imperialism and Digital Colonialism

M. Mann, A. Daly, here. 

FADING OUT THE ECHO OF CONSUMER PROTECTION

G. Noto La Diega, Presentation here. 

Apple 'wants to serve everyone,' says Tim Cook

Asian Review, here.

Class action in Italia contro Facebook: richiesta di rimborso per l’uso ‘abusivo’ dei dati

Business Insider, qui. 

F.T.C. Hearings Add to Efforts That Threaten Tech Industry

NYTimes, here. 

Think writing process

Here.

Ubernomics: Platform Monopolies & How to Fix Them

R. Pollock, here. 

Behördliche Durchsetzung des Verbraucherrechts?

R. Podszum, C. Busch, F. Hennig-Bodewig, hier. 

Viele Apps halten sich nicht an die neuen Datenschutzregeln

Handelsblatt, here. 

Open Energy

Fingleton Associates, here. 

Anatomy of an AI System

K. Crawford, V. Joler, here. 

IA, Big Data, robots : quels bénéfices en attendre ? À quelles conditions ?

Anvie, ici. 

FAIR PLAY: Apple’s Shazam Deal Shows EU Eyeing, Not Halting, Big Data

Bloomberg, here. 

Teller has abused its dominant position by using rebates conditional on exclusivity and provisions regarding exclusivity

Danish Competition and Consumer Authority, here. 

A Right to Reasonable Inferences: Re-thinking Data Protection Law in the Age of Big Data and AI

S. Wachter, B. Mittelstadt, here. 

Zu hohe Maklergebühren? Grüne fordern Kartellamts-Prüfung

Die Welt, hier. 

Haftung von YouTube für Urheberrechtsverletzungen

Bundesgerichtshof, hier.

Promoting fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services

EP, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, Draft Report, here. 

SENIOR GOOGLE SCIENTIST RESIGNS OVER “FORFEITURE OF OUR VALUES” IN CHINA

The Intercept, here. 

Sector Inquiry Health

The Austrian Pharmacy Market, here. 

Congress seeks probe of deepfakes

Axios, here. 

FTC Hearings

FTC, here. Videos available here.

Economists (and Economics) in Tech Companies

S. athey, M. Luca, here. 

iTunes: Verwirrung um verschwundene Filme

Heise.de, hier. 

Man jailed in Italy for selling fake TripAdvisor reviews

The Guardian, here. 

Where in the World Is Larry Page?

Bloomberg, here. 

How to Reform the Law on Abusive Practices: The study that will serve as a basis for reform in Germany (and Europe?)

R. Podszun, here.
Bericht hier.

Retail banking remedies: an update

CMA, here 

Regulatory complaint concerning massive, web-wide data breach by Google and other “ad tech” companies under Europe’s GDPR

Brave, here. 

Angriff auf Werbemarkt: Brave reicht DSGVO-Beschwerde gegen Google ein

Heise, hier. 

The Misguided Assault on the Consumer Welfare Standard in the Age of Platform Markets

D. Melamed, N. Petit, here.

Google’s location privacy practices are under investigation in Arizona

Washington Post, here.

Aptoide versus Google and the boundaries of competition law

I. Graef, here. 

European Commission Fines Consumer Electronics Manufacturers €111 Million for Online Pricing Restrictions

Cooley, here. 

Online sales ban is by-object restriction, CAT holds

GCR, here. 

Google Is Rigged. Just Not the Way Trump Thinks It Is.

Skift, here. 

POUR UNE RÉFORME DU DROIT DE LA CONCURRENCE

Club des juristes, Rapport ici. 

Regulation and competition enforcement – a combined approach

A. Coscelli, here.

European Competition Law Is Hurting Consumers

National Review, here. 

Getting the best out of technology.

M. Vestager. here. 

The Proposed Australian Consumer Data Right: A European Comparison

S. Esayas, A. Daly, here. 

OECD discussion on the impact of blockchain on competition

Video here. 

Kommission Wettbewerbsrecht 4.0

BMWI.de, hier. 

The comprehensive consumer right to data

Competition Lore Podcast, here.

The Case for Rulemaking Under “Unfair Methods of Competition”

R. Chopra, Here.

Who has your data? Researchers scrutinize apps for undisclosed ties to advertisers, analytics companies

CBC, here.

Next Level Competition Law: The Study that will serve as a basis for the reform of abusive practices in Germany (and Europe?)

D-Kart, here.

Leitfragen der Bundesregierung an die Datenethikkommission

BMJV, hier.

Commission clears Apple's acquisition of Shazam

EC, here.

Modernisierung der Missbrauchsaufsicht für marktmächtige Unternehmen

DICE Consult im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWi), hier.

Amazon Sets Its Sights on the $88 Billion Online Ad Market

NYTimes, here.

Bringt Google endlich unter Kontrolle!

SZ, hier.

Google versus Orrin Hatch

FT, here. 

Altmaier will die Internetkonzerne zähmen

FAZ, hier.

WeChat, Alipay to Block Crypto Transactions on Payment Platforms

Coin Desk, here. 

WEKO Sekretariat schliesst Vorabklärung zum Service Après-Vente für Uhren ab

Hier. 

CMA launches court action against viagogo

CMA, here. 

Inside Big Tech's D.C. survival strategies

Axios, here. 

Google and Mastercard Cut a Secret Ad Deal to Track Retail Sales

Bloomberg, here. Read also this 

HOW MAJOR NEWS ORGANIZATIONS, UNIVERSITIES AND BUSINESSES SURRENDER THEIR PRIVACY TO GOOGLE

Dailycaller, here. 

Is Silicon Valley home to this century’s robber barons?

N. Petit discusses with Jim Pethokoukis, Podcast here. 

Trump’s Ludicrous Attack on Big Tech

NYTimes, here. 

Big Data: is it bad for our health?

ABC, Podcast with F. Pasquale and J. Powles here. 

Der Digitalrat gibt Rätsel auf

FAZ, hier. 

TREB threatens legal action for realtors violating sales data rules

CP24, here. 

A Survey of Methods for Explaining Black Box Models

R. Guidotti et al. (sorry: too many Authors), here. 

Google VP of news: don't blame us for all the media's problems

ABC, here. 

Amazon-Whole Foods After One Year

Blog Symposium, here. 

Volkswagens Antwort auf Apple und Co.

FAZ, hier. 

SPD-Chefin Nahles will Tech-Riesen stärker regulieren und kooperative Plattformen fördern

Handelsblatt, hier. 

Can the taste of a cheese be protected by copyright?

Lexology,  here.

This Tomme is Art

Comisión Europea, Android y Google: ¿el bueno, el feo y el malo?

El Español, aquí. 

New US Legislation Would Hit Pause on Mega-Mergers

Competitivemarkets, here. 

Google says search results not biased towards any political ideology

FT, here. 

Experian Limited / Credit Laser Holdings (Clearscore)

CMA, Issues Statement here. 

Novos Trustes Na Era Digital: Efeitos Anticompetitivos Do Uso De Dados Pessoais Pelo Facebook

J. Krein, aqui. 

Sollten Google & Co. ihre Daten teilen?

WDR, hier. 

Facebook and Google Chase a New $1 Trillion Payments Market

Bloomberg, here. 

Google-Android-Entscheidung der EU: Marktmacht missbraucht?

U. Heimeshoff, hier. 

Germany Takes Aim at Internet Giants

Bloomberg, here.
Jahresbericht 2017 hier. 

OECD on Blockchain Technology and Competition Policy

Videos: 1, 2 and 3

Epic's first Fortnite Installer allowed hackers to download and install anything on your Android phone silently

Android Central, here. 

Google Korea faces antitrust probe for abusing game firms

The Korea Times, here. 

Dreist, dreister, Eventim

T3n.de, hier. S. auch
Bundeskartellamt untersagt Exklusivvereinbarungen zwischen CTS Eventim und Veranstaltern sowie Vorverkaufsstellen (04.12.2017), hier.

Statement of the EDPB on the data protection impacts of economic concentration

EDPB, here.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Central Banking

Bank of Canada, here. 

Competition, Stability, and Efficiency in Financial Markets

D. Corbae, R. Levine, here. Discussion here. 

How is Fintech changing the competitive structure of the financial service industry?

A. Schoar, here. 

How EU Markets Became More Competitive Than US Markets: A Study of Institutional Drift

G. Gutiérrez and T. Philippon, here. 

Understanding Weak Capital Investment: the Role of Market Concentration and Intangibles

N. Crouzet, J. Eberly, here. See also the Discussion here. 

Increasing Differences between firms: Market Power and the Macro-Economy

J. Van Reenen, here. See also here. 

Are Superstar Firms and Amazon Effects Reshaping the Economy?

NYTimes, here.