Facebook and Telegram Are Hoping to Succeed Where Bitcoin Failed

NYTimes, here. 

Chris Sagers on United States v. Apple & the Purpose of Antitrust Law

Ipse Dixit Podcast, here. 

Algorithms and Collusion: Has the CCI got it wrong?

B. Chandola, here. 

Understanding the Sharing Economy

D. Coyle & S. O'Connor, here. 

Non-Price Competition in Digital Markets

OECD Panel, Video here. 

A philosopher argues that an AI can’t be an artist

MIT Technology Review, here. 

California could be first state to bar drug makers from paying competitors to delay release

LATimes, here. 

When competition law met data protection: the Bundeskartellamt’s Facebook decision

F. Bostoen, here. 

European Champions

IGM Forum, here. 

BMW und Daimler wollen Roboterauto-Allianz schmieden

FAZ, hier. 

Why data flows matter to M&A

Cliffordchance.com, here. 

The left needs to get radical on big tech – moderate solutions won't cut it

E. Morozov, here. 

Insights and Impacts of the ACCC Digital Platforms Inquiry

R. Sims, Video here. 

Olympische Spiele - auch Sportler dürfen werben

Sportschau.de, hier. 

SOLIDARITÉ AVEC LES PROFS DE PARIS 13 REMPLACÉS PAR GOOGLE

La Quadrature du Net, ici. 

Ever seen an Unwinding Order before?

CMA. Tobii AB / Smartbox Assistive Technology Limited and Sensory Software International Ltd merger inquiry, here. 

Why an OECD Competition Open Day (journée porte ouverte) *now*?

A. Capobianco, Video here. 

Néo-fordisme, retour de l'empire romain... 6 scénarios sur le futur du travail

Usbek & Rica, here. 

On Price Geysers

P. Marsden, Video here (from 50:25). Do watch it!












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And yes, this is the Jet d'Eau (59:58) - it'll always remind me of pills from now on - unsure it's a good thing...

...and this looks like the Lac Vert facing the Mont Blanc Chain (Mer de Glace on the left) (1:00:03) - nice, easy hike if you know the short cut to skip the crowd...

Antitrust Enforcement Needs to Evolve for the 21st Century

EFF, here. 

DSGVO-Bilanz: Erstklassiges Gesetz, mangelhafte Durchsetzung

Heise.de, hier. 

Experian pulls planned purchase of start-up rival ClearScore

FT, here. More here.

Cade aprova compra da Fox pela Disney com restrições

CADE, aqui. 

Policy Principles for a Federal Data Privacy Framework in the United States

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, here. 

Governing the Game Changer – Impacts of artificial intelligence development on human rights, democracy and the rule of law

COE, Video here. 

HSBC forges partnership with commercial lending platform NepFin

FinExtra, here. 

The Responsible Consumer in the Digital Age: On the Conceptual Shift from ‘Average’ to ‘Responsible’ Consumer and the Inadequacy of the ‘Information Paradigm’ in Consumer Financial

C. Stănescu, here. 

I asked an online tracking company for all of my data and here's what I found

PrivacyInternational, here. 

Reform des Urheberrechts birgt auch datenschutzrechtliche Risiken

bfdi.bund.de, hier. 

Google Assistant aura doit à son propre bouton sur plusieurs smartphones

Numérama, ici. 

This Japanese news app quietly pushes traffic to millions

Axios, here. 

NO, DATA IS NOT THE NEW OIL

Wired, here. 

A Skeptical View of Information Fiduciaries

L. Khan, D. Pozen, here. 

Third-Party Data Is A Bad Habit We Need To Kick

AdExchanger, here. 

Why 65 Intellectual Property Scholars Filed an Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Google’s Petition for Cert in the Oracle Case

P. Samuelson, here. 

Brave Will Reward Its Browser Users With a Way to Earn Offers From Brands

AdWeek, here. 

US drugmakers defend pricing under fire in Senate

FT, here. 

Let’s Tackle Real Antitrust Problems. AT&T Isn’t One.

Bloomberg Opinion, here. 

FTC brings its first case against fake paid reviews on Amazon

TechCrunch, here. 

Equifax and harm created by data breach

Enlightening Video Clip, here. 

Key Antitrust Lawmaker Sees ‘Reawakening’ in Congress to Perils of Big Tech

Variety, here. 

Google completely terminated our new business via our Google Play Developer Account

M. Dodson, here. 

Platforms, promotion, and product discovery: Evidence from Spotify playlists

L. Aguiar, J. Waldfogel, here. 

Comments/critiques on the EU's High Level Expert Group on AI's "ethical guidelines"

J. Bryson, here. 

More Internal Facebook Documents Leak Online, Revealing How Facebook Planned to Sell User Data

GizModo, here. 

Bundeskartellamt erwirkt Öffnung der Werbemöglichkeiten für deutsche Sportler und ihre Sponsoren während der Olympischen Spiele - IOC und DOSB verpflichten sich zu Änderung der Werberegeln

Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

Innovation in the mass entertainment industry: maybe ask the Romans

IPKat, here. 

EU-Kommission will Gegengewicht zu Mastercard und Visa schaffen

Handelsblatt, hier. 

New FTC task force to tackle competition in tech sector

FT, here. 

Examining the impact of digital platforms on competition in media and advertising markets

R. Sims, here. 

The Bundeskartellamt’s Facebook Decision- What’s not to like? Well…

ChillingCompetition, here. 

Confessions of a location data exec: ‘It’s a Ponzi scheme’

DigiDay UK, here. 

How Amazon took 50% of the e-commerce market and what it means for the rest of us

TechCrunch, here. 

Online advertising

OECD Digital Economy Paper, here. 

USING DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES TO IMPROVE THE DESIGN AND ENFORCEMENT OF PUBLIC POLICIES

OECD Digital Economy Paper, here.

Mozilla Asks Supreme Court to Protect App Development

Mozilla, here. 

FTC’s Bureau of Competition Launches Task Force to Monitor Technology Markets

FTC, here.

Appeals court upholds decision allowing AT&T to buy Time Warner

CNBC, here.  Ruling here. 

The "Vestager Effect"

Data Portability

Personal Data Protection Commission in collaboration with Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore, here. 

APPLICATIONS MOBILES : clôture de la mise en demeure à l’encontre de la société VECTAURY

CNIL, ici. 

OECD Competition Open Day 2019

27 Feb. 2019, Live Webcast here: don't miss it! 

BRIEF OF MICROSOFT CORPORATION AS AMICUS CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF GOOGLE

Google v. Oracle, here. 

California wants Silicon Valley to pay you a data dividend

Cnet, here. 

Uber Under The Antitrust Microscope: Is There A 'Firm Exemption' To Antitrust?

Forbes, here.

EDPS Guidelines on assessing the proportionality of measures that limit the fundamental rights to privacy and to the protection of personal data

EDPS, here. 

UK cannot examine Facebook until it has clarity on Brexit timing - CMA

Reuters, here. 

The Shaping of a European Consumer Welfare Standard for the Digital Age

A. Reyna, here. 

India proposes new e-commerce regulations with focus on data rules

Reuters, here. 

Summary of proposals from Andrew Tyrie, CMA Chair, to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

CMA, here.
And the whole letter here (HT @RegCom_UChile)

What consumers need to know about the upcoming credit card from Apple and Goldman Sachs

MarketWatch, here. 

Schmutzige Tricks und Betrug: So brutal ist der Kampf auf dem Amazon-Marktplatz

Etailment, hier.

UK competition regulator seeks more power

FT, here. 

EC salmon price-fixing probe

UCN, here.

Lina Khan, a Top Antitrust Thinker, Joins Democratic Staff in the House, Putting Silicon Valley On Alert

Daily Beast, here. 

How Big Data Is Changing The Nature of Consumer Lending

Smart Data Collective, here. 

The real reason why Facebook and Google won’t change

S. Zuboff, here. 

A mixed manifesto for EU industrial policy

FT, here. 

Facebook needs regulation – here’s why it should be done by algorithms

E. Giovannetti, here. 

Bosses face tougher sanctions under radical CMA overhaul

SkyNews, here. 

What is the economic value of data?

Mydex, here. 

Up and Down the Stack Through a Nerd’s Eyes: Making The Internet Better the Internet Way

A. Sullivan, here. 

Les API c’est bien… en abuser ça craint !

C. Quest, here. 

Apple closes two Dallas stores in apparent bid to ward off patent trolls

ArsTechnica, here. 

Everyone can have an opinion, but to write an Opinion you need conviction

N. Wahl, here. 

Consumer Data Right in Energy

ACCC, here. 

Datenschutz ist wichtiger als Eigenstumsrechte an Daten

FAZ, hier. 

Digital platforms: The need to restrict surveillance capitalism

G. Greenleaf at al., here. 

Facebook and Google Are the New Data Brokers

C. Hoofnagle, here. 

WhatsApp wird 10: Wie ein Messenger die Welt eroberte

Heise, hier. 

Facebook verweigert trotz BGH-Urteil den Zugriff auf das Konto einer Toten

Heise, hier. 

Facebook decided which users are interested in Nazis — and let advertisers target them directly

Los Angeles Times, here. 

California leads the way on data regulation

FT, here. 

Agree to Disagree: Competition Authorities Differ on Approach to Digital Platforms

Orrick, here.

Growing the digital economy in Australia and New Zealand. Maximising opportunities for SMEs

Australian Productivity Commission and New Zealand Productivity Commission, here.

Eigentlich sind die beiden deutschen Luxusautohersteller Konkurrenten. Nun machen sie gemeinsame Sache

FAZ, hier. 

The new ecosystem of trust

Nesta, here. 

Decision 19-MC-01 of 31 January 2019 on the request by Amadeus for interim measures

Autorité de la concurrence, here. 

Wer hat ApplePay das verraten?

BargeldlosBlog, here. 

EPIC demand: It's time for Google to fly the Nest after 'forgetting' to mention home alarm hub has built-in mic

The Register, here.