Monday, February 18, 2019

My apologies to @WavesBlog Readers for the rather chaotic blog update


El “puzzle” de frases que marcaron la Jornada Fintech de la CNMC

CNMC Blog, aquí.

“Hollywood is now irrelevant,” says IAC Chairman Barry Diller

Recode, here. 

I can’t manage another word of Shoshana Zuboff’s Surveillance Capitalism

D. Coyle, here

AWS and Microsoft reap most of the benefits of expanding cloud market

TechCrunch, here

Making the data revolution work for us

M. Vestager, here

DIE FACEBOOK-ENTSCHEIDUNG DES BUNDESKARTELLAMTES

K. Künstner, hier

Führende Ökonomen kritisieren Peter Altmaiers Industriepolitik

Zeit.de, hier

Warum eine "Datenteilungspflicht" kein gutes Instrument ist

S. Louven, hier

India watchdog probes accusations that Google abused Android - sources

Reuters, here

L’UFC-Que Choisir obtient la condamnation de Google

QueChoisir, ici

Japan sets sights on tighter anti-trust regulations for Big Tech

Reuters, here

Ermittlungsverfahren gegen Amazon eingeleitet

BWB, hier

'Tinder for cows' matches livestock in the mood for love

Reuters, here

INTERNET PRIVACY: Additional Federal Authority Could Enhance Consumer Protection and Provide Flexibility

GAO, here

UN report dismisses fintech sandboxes in developing economies

FinExtra, here.
UNSGSA Report here

Facebook, Exploitative business terms pursuant to Section 19(1) GWB for inadequate data processing

Bundeskartellamt, Case Summary here

Porsche warns UK buyers of 10% Brexit surcharge

Yahoo, here

Why bankers should drop their fear of fintech regulatory sandboxes

American Banker, here

'Internet of things' spurs broad interest in standard essential patent licensing

Out-Law, here

Facebook acqui-hires Chainspace team for blockchain push

FinExtra, here

Google’s GDPR Policies Throw Digital Media Into Disarray

AdExchanger, here

Hotel booking sites to make major changes after CMA probe

CMA, here

Commission prohibits Siemens' proposed acquisition of Alstom

EC, here

EU competition rules on vertical agreements – evaluation

EC, here

Overview of Fintech Regulation in the United States

Covington, here

Bundeskartellamt untersagt Facebook die Zusammenführung von Nutzerdaten aus verschiedenen Quellen

Bundeskartellamt, hier.

GERMAN REGULATORS JUST OUTLAWED FACEBOOK'S WHOLE AD BUSINESS

Wired, here

Privatheit in Zeiten der Digitalisierung

Leopoldina, hier

Personalisierte Manipulation, automatisierte Ungleichheit, quantifiziertes Misstrauen?

W. Christl, Video hier

Schrödinger’s Robot: Privacy in Uncertain States

I. Kerr, here

I Cut the 'Big Five' Tech Giants From My Life. It Was Hell

GIZMODO, here

The New Legal Landscape for Text Mining and Machine Learning

M. Sag, here

Only 17% Of Consumers Believe Personalized Ads Are Ethical, Survey Says

Forbes, here

Is Europe closing in on an antitrust fix for surveillance technologists?

TechCrunch, here

The security of access to accounts under the PSD2

P. Wolters, B. Jacobs, here

The Adtech Crisis and Disinformation

J. Ryan, Presentation here.

THE BUNDESKARTELLAMT’S FACEBOOK DECISION: GOOD, BAD, AND UGLY

J. Newman, here

Brave New World: what will open banking mean for Australia?

Stone and Chalk, here

Executive Order on Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence

White House, here

THE CAIRNCROSS REVIEW: A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR JOURNALISM

Here

Nudging Citizens through Technology in Smart Cities

S. Ranchordas, here

On a comprehensive European industrial policy on artificial intelligence and robotics

European Parliament resolution of 12 February 2019, here

Facebook mulled multi-billion-dollar acquisition of gaming giant Unity, book claims

TechCrunch, here

Jack Ma's Ant Buys U.K.'s WorldFirst in a Giant Step Abroad

Bloomberg, here

Agro-Chemical Mega-Mergers and Innovation – Between Competition Law, Regulation and IP Rights

I. Lianos, here

Online platforms required by law to be more transparent with EU businesses

EP, here

The Surveillance Industry and Human Rights

EPIC, here

Emojis and the Law

E. Goldman, video here

A heart-shaped logo cannot be registered as an EU trademark

T-123/18, here.

Amazon's Wish List with Stacy Mitchell

Art19.com, here

BEHAVIORAL FIRMS: DOES ANTITRUST ECONOMICS NEED A THEORETICAL UPDATE?

E. Bailey, here

Alexa, are you exploiting me?

BEME News, Video here

ENQUETE FRANCEINFO. COMMENT NETFLIX S’Y PREND POUR NOUS RENDRE ACCROS

Francetvinfo, ici

FinTech and market structure in financial services: Market developments and potential financial stability implications

FSB, here

Is Amazon Violating the Sherman Act?

S. Sussman, here

Economics for Inclusive Prosperity: An Introduction

S. Naidu, D. Rodrik, and G. Zucman, here

Economics After Neoliberalism

Boston Review, here

Disinformation and ‘fake news’: Final Report

House of Commons, here

Digital Ad Revenue Tops $26B In Q3 2018

MediaPost, here

Regulators Create Sandboxes as a Place to Foster Fintech

Bloomberg, here

Your Smart Light Can Tell Amazon and Google When You Go to Bed

Bloomberg, here

We’re all being manipulated by A/B testing all the time

Fast Company, here

Ad IDs Behaving Badly

S. Egelman, here

Friday, February 01, 2019

Off-ish

Here

The whistleblower, politician and journo who hauled the banks before a royal commission

ABC News, here

Robotaxis: can automakers catch up with Google in driverless cars?

FT, here

Our Thoughts on Facebook’s WhatsApp + Messenger + Instagram Integration

Public Knowledge, here

Proceeding with caution – a survey on central bank digital currency

BIS, here

Now Your Groceries See You, Too

The Atlantic, here

The Tech Industry Is Dead! Long Live the Tech Monopolies!

TabletMag, here

FTC Decision on Staples' Acquisition of Office Supply Wholesaler Essendant

The Data Inspectorate initiates supervision against Google

Swedish Data Protection Authrity (Google translate), here

Innovation Policy Pluralism

D. Hemel, L.Larrimore Ouellette, here

GUIDELINES ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND DATA PROTECTION

COE, here

German Court determines the limits of private copying

IPKitten, here

Response to IAB statement

Open Rights Group, here

Comment of the Global Antitrust Institute, George Mason University School of Law, on the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission's Digital Platforms Inquiry, Preliminary Report

Here

Entscheidungen in Zeiten des Internets: "Es braucht den Mut zum Scheitern"

Heise.de, hier

Mark Zuckerberg’s Delusion of Consumer Consent

J. Turow, C. Hoofnagle, here

Apple restores Google’s own internal iPhone apps after privacy brouhaha

ArsTechnica, here

Regulatory Sandbox and Competition of Financial Technologies in Taiwan

A. Chen, here

Web Privacy Measurement in Real-Time Bidding Systems. A Graph-Based Approach to Rtb System Classification.

R. van Eijk, here

Tech giants are the new gatekeepers

Axios, here

Wettbewerb schützen

J. Haucap, hier

Andreas Mundt auf Podcast!

LTO, hier