ACCC investigates Google abuse of power over Unlockd collapse

AFR, here.

Japan’s antitrust watchdog to study four tech giants to see if fair business regulations are needed

The Japan Times, here.

ACCC mulls forcing Google to offer users a choice of browsers, search engines

Computerworld.com.au, here.

Action brought on 9 October 2018 — Google and Alphabet/Commission: Pleas in law and main arguments

Here.

An EU Competition law Analysis of Online Display Advertising in the Programmatic Age

D. Geradin, D. Katsifis, here. 

Sorry, your data can still be identified even if it’s anonymized

FastCompany, here. 

The Case Against Idealising Control

W. Hartzog, here. 

Report: Google PLA antitrust remedy turning comparison engines into agencies

SearchEngineLang, here. 

You Should Have the Right to Sue Apple

NYTimes, here. 

Google Pay se lance enfin en France, mais sans les banques traditionnelles

Numérama, ici. 

SideCar v. Uber

Here. See also ArsTechnica, here. 

Streambait Pop

The Baffler, here. 

Accenture will acquire digital ad company Adaptly

TechCrunch, here. 

Appeals Court Weighs in on Resale of Digital Files

Hollywood Reporter, here. 

Building a European Data Infrastructure

Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, here. 

Killer Acquisitions

C. Cunningham, F.  Ederer. S. Ma, here.

Groupe Canal + SA contre CE

T-873/16, ici.

Freigabe des Zusammenschlusses der CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA mit der FKP SCORPIO Konzertproduktionen GmbH

Bundeskartellamt, Fallbericht hier. 

Google 2018 Hearing

Live here.
For a piece of history, you can compare with Eric Schmidt's 2011 Hearing, Video here. 

On the privacy-conscientious use of mobile phone data

Y. de Montjoye et al., here.. 

Comments on Developing the Administration’s Approach to Consumer Privacy

NTIA, here. 

Tencent: WeChat Is More Than A Product, It’s ‘An Ecosystem’

AdExchanger, here. 

The Business of Selling Your Location

NYTimes, Podcast here.

Investigation of generic ‘cartel’ expands to 300 drugs

WashingtonPost, here. 

Apple Pay finally launches in Germany

TechCrunch, here. 

Competition Cases Involving Platforms: Lessons from Europe

N. Petit, here. 

BEUC: Eine Europäische Strategie für die Daten und Platformwirtschaft (in 3 Bildern)

Economic dependence: what can we learn from the industrial organization approach?

P. Bougette, O. Budzinski, F. Marty, here. 

Apple Pay in Deutschland – Fragen und Antworten

Heise.de, hier. 

EU's Vestager may investigate Apple Pay if there are formal complaints

Reuters, here. 

Written Testimony

S. Pichai, Before the House Judiciary Committee, Hearing on “​Transparency & Accountability: Examining Google and its Data Collection, Use, and Filtering Practices” December 11, 2018, here.

Delete All Your Apps

Motherboard, here.

Regulating Big Tech

CRA Conference Panel, Video here. 

Here’s how to quit Google

Google Transparency Project, here. 

Après moi, le déluge! Tech giants in the digital age

T. Valletti, Presentation here; Video here. 

Affaire AT.39885 – Interactive Lab Décision de la Commission rejetant la plainte (AdWords)

EC, ici. 

Wettbewerbsbehörde untersucht Marktmanipulation von Amazon

Der Standard, hier. 

Trudeau government studying reforms for protecting consumer data amid tech scandals

CTVnews.ca, here. 

The SEC and its new financial technology division

Compliancex, here. 

Amazon might have a Cambridge Analytica-size problem

BigThink, here.

Facebook’s Refusal to Deal in Excellence

R. Woodcock, here. 

Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night, and They’re Not Keeping It Secret

NYTimes, here. 

Digital Platforms Inquiry: Preliminary report

ACCC, here.
Press conference, Video here (from 02:50).

Finanzaufsicht nimmt Google & Co. ins Visier

FAZ, hier (und hier).

Italian regulator fines Facebook £8.9m for misleading users

The Guardian, here.

Bikini app maker draws another disgruntled developer to its Facebook fight

ArsTechnica, here.

Uso dei dati degli utenti a fini commerciali: sanzioni per 10 milioni di euro a Facebook

AGCM, qui.

New Documents Show That Facebook Has Never Deserved Your Trust

EFF, here.

Antitrust’s Most Wanted

T. Wu, here. 

Location Data: GPS, Wi-Fi, and Spatial Analytics

Class 2 of Digital Data Flows Masterclass: Emerging Technologies, Presentation here. 

The State of Data 2018

IAB, here. 

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE

JRC, here.

Big tech in finance and new challenges for public policy

BIS, here. 

Collaborative Economy: Challenges & Opportunities

Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Internet, Law & Politics. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, 21-22 June, 2018, here. 

Could GDPR Consent String Fraud Bring Down the Whole Ad Tech Ecosystem?

CPO Magazine, here. 

AI Now Report 2018

AI Now, here. 

EU lawmakers agree on tough line against tech companies

Reuters, here.
IMCO Procedure File here.

Facebook Emails Could Add Fuel to Regulatory Bonfire

Bloomberg (@aoifewhite101), here.

What has Android got to do with the Advent?

J. Topel, here.

Facebook Used People’s Data to Favor Certain Partners and Punish Rivals, Documents Show

NYTimes, here.

Near the end of her term, the world’s toughest tech regulator is moving “as fast as possible”

Quartz, here.

The Myth of Capitalism?

With Caron Beaton-Wells and Jonathan Tepper, Podcast here.

These (Confidential?) Charts Show Why Facebook Bought WhatsApp

Buzzfeednews.com, here. 

Emails show Facebook offered preferential access to data, UK alleges

FT, here. 

Gender and Competition (Policy)

Seized cache of Facebook docs raise competition and consent questions

TechCrunch, here. 

Facebook Struck Deals Over Data and Burnt Rivals, Say Lawmakers

Bloomberg, here.
Note by Damian Collins MP, Chair of the DCMS Committee Summary of key issues from the Six4Three files, here.

The Digital Ad Market Is Overdue for Antitrust Review

BloombergQuint, here. 

The Economics of Big Data, Privacy, and Competition – An Introduction

G. Zhe Jin - FTC Hearings 2018/19, edited by @Wavesblog (for her students – teaching exception), here. Video here. 

PayPal dismisses competition concerns after $2.2 billion takeover of iZettle

CNBC, here.

Fortnite-maker aims for Steam’s head with Epic Games Store

TechCrunch, here.

Google personalizes search results even when you’re logged out, new study finds

The Verge, here.

Internet giants pose existential threat to banks: BIS chief

Reuters, here.

When Considering Federal Privacy Legislation

N. Chilson, here.

Experian/ClearScore

CMA, Provisional findings report here.

(What I find a bit surprising is the playing down of the PSD2-Open Banking effects)

Apple/Shazam: Data Is Power, But Not a Problem Here

N. Zingales, here.

Some Considerations on Intelligent Online Behavioural Advertising

G. Noto La Diega, here. 

Antitrust by Design – Kartellrechtliche Technik-Compliance für Algorithmen, Blockchain und Plattformen?

S. Louven, hier. 

The State of European Tech 2018

Orrick, here. 

EU's Vestager Urged to Probe How Tech Giants Cash In on Ads

Bloomberg, here.
Brave's letter here.
Transcript of the FTCHearing mentioned here, but you can also enjoy the video 🍿.

Apple Lawsuit Could Impact How Courts View Antitrust Cases

Legal Tech News, here. 

Datenschutzbehörde: STANDARD-Angebot entspricht DSGVO

Der Standard, hier. 

Preview: Amazon and the Law on the Jungle

CPI Antitrust Chronicle, December 2018.

EU competition rules on vertical agreements – evaluation

EC, here.
Now Feedback period, Public Consultation follows (Q1 2019)

OpenSchufa: The first results

Okfn.org, here. 

Spies and Big Data

C (alias Alex Younger), Video here.

Pension schemes to provide online data ‘dashboards’ for UK savers

FT, here.

The Curse of Bigness’ Review: Revisiting the Gilded Age

WSJ, here (and here.)

Japan's antitrust body to set rules for data-sharing tie-ups

Asia Nikkei, here.

World watches as Australian regulator rules on Facebook and Google

The Guardian, here. 

Does Google harm local search rivals? EU antitrust regulators ask

Reuters, here. 

The EU’s competition investigation into Amazon Marketplace

Hausfeld, here. 

Le Conseil constitutionnel sur la notion de “déséquilibre significatif”

Décision n° 2018-749 QPC du 30 novembre 2018, ici. 

You may not actually own your Bitcoin – legal expert

The Conversation, here.

First person with direct involvement in Dragonfly to go on the record about the project

The Intercept, here.

How Google manipulates users into constant location tracking

TACD, here. 

United States v AT&T/Time Warner

S. Salop, J. Wright, J. Rybnicek, here. 

What's in the water in Germany?

Competition Lore, with C. Beaton Wells and R. Podzun, Podcast here.

(Recorded before the Bundeskartellamt's Amazon investigation).

Our data-driven future in healthcare

The Academy of Medical Sciences, here. 

The complaint, and what comes next

Brave (@johnnyryan), here.