Blockchain sicher gestalten

BSI, hier, 

Court rules Uber must turn over data on driver congestion, double parkers to San Francisco

SFExaminer, here. 

GDPR Enforcement Tracker

Here. 

Zerschlagt, was euch kaputt macht

Dir Zeit, hier. 

Federal Trade Commission wins antitrust case against Qualcomm in Northern District of California

F. Mueller, here. 

THE FUTURE OF DATA-DRIVEN FINANCE AND REGTECH: LESSONS FROM EU BIG BANG II

D. Zetzsche, D. Arner, R. Buckley, R. Weber here. 

Blockkedjeteknik utifrån ett konkurrensperspektiv

P. Lindblom for the Swedish Competition Authority, here. 

Unlocking digital competition

J. Furman, Oxford Martin School, Live here.

Retailer Amazon nears victory in rainforest battle over domain name

Reuters, here. 

Nie mehr WhatsApp? EU-Staaten könnten Messenger zur Öffnung zwingen

Netzpolitik, hier.

Trust, transparency and Tech

Policy Connect, here. 

Facebook and Google pressured EU experts to soften fake news regulations, say insiders

Open Democracy, here. 

Technology is messing with our emotions: an historical perspective

Chips with Everything Podcast, here. 

Cryptocurrencies are going mainstream – the battle is on to bring them under global control

Phys.org, here. 

Intesa nelle gare per l’assegnazione dei diritti internazionali del calcio in TV. Sanzionati MP Silva, IMG e B4 Capital per 67 milioni di euro

AGCM, here. 

Understanding the Digital Advertising Ecosystem and the Impact of Data Privacy and Competition Policy

US Senate, Hearing here.


<= This is how my students react when they understand how programmatic advertising works

This is Johnny's testimony, here. 

Ahem, ahem... AI engine said to be good as human docs at spotting lung cancer developing

The Register, here. 

Lithuanian DPA hands down GDPR fine to e-payment company

iapp, here. Google translation of the press release of the LT DPA here. 

Your Car Knows When You Gain Weight

NYTimes, here. 

Uber, Lyft drivers manipulate fares at Reagan National causing artificial price surges

WJLA, here. 

Google’s Huawei restrictions are a wake-up call for all Android phone makers

Venture Beat, here. 

US to endorse new OECD principles on artificial intelligence

Politico.eu, here. 

Pourquoi Chargemap n’est pas compatible avec Apple Carplay et Android Auto ?

Chargemap, ici. 

Leading experts appointed to AI Council to supercharge the UK’s artificial intelligence sector

UK Gov, here. 

How tech companies are shaping the rules governing AI

Wired, here. 

Is it aging well? Some parts better than others..."The Interface between Competition Policy and Data Protection" JECLAP 2012

Yours very truly, here. More thoughts here (also written 2012, for Ascola).

Facebook forms Swiss fintech firm with payments focus

Reuters, here. 

Toekomstbestendigheid van het mededingingsinstrumentarium in relatie tot online platforms

Ministerie van Economische Zaken en Klimaat, hier (very good Google Translation here, you're welcome).

The rise of surveillance capitalism

The Nation, here. 

Google has been tracking nearly everything you buy online — see for yourself with this tool

The Verge, here. 

Antitrust Alone Is Not Enough

F. Scott Morton, here. 

POTs: Protective Optimization Technologies

S. Gürses et al., here.
And also Privacy after the Agile Turn, here.
And here. 

Blockchain: practices and perspectives

UNESCO, here. 

Justice and Data Market

S. Gürses, Video here. 

Datenschutz im digitalen Zeitalter: Umsetzung der Datenschutzgrundverordnung (DSGVO) – Bilanz ein Jahr nach Inkrafttreten

P. Schaar, A. Dix, hier. 

Open banking take-up in the Netherlands less than expected because government promoted GDPR so well

ComputerWeekly.com, here. 

How can we tell if Google is serious about privacy?

FT, here.

Merger Cooperation and Information Exchange: Types of Information

ICN, here. 

Uber offers chastening lesson for platform businesses of the future

FT, here. 

Google, avviata istruttoria per presunto abuso di posizione dominante

AGCM, here. 

Clouds over Chicago but not so in Cartagena, Colombia

Do you remember that Finnish anti-discrimination board decision about algorithmic decision-making?

Available in English now, here. 

Concurrence et commerce : quelles politiques pour l’Europe ?

Conseil d'analyse économique, ici. 

Already wondering about your summer beach reads? Some great suggestions

J. Ito, here. 

Review of the VBER - process and timing

P. Bridgeland, here (41/95)

Commission fines Barclays, RBS, Citigroup, JPMorgan and MUFG €1.07 billion for participating in foreign exchange spot trading cartel

EC, here. 

Google’s new plan to push Google Pay in India: cashback incentives in Android apps

TechCrunch, here. 

Droht Google & Co. neues Ungemach aus Brüssel?

NZZ, hier. 

The Anti-monopoly Backlash Reaches the Supreme Court

TheAtlantic, here. 

The 'Scott Morton Review': How to Protect Competition and Consumers in Digital Markets

Report, here.

Chancen und Herausforderungen von DLT (Blockchain) in Mobilität und Logistik

BMVI, hier. 

BBC to launch 'public service algorithm' to break down filter bubbles

BBC, here. 

San Francisco becomes the first US city to ban facial recognition by government agencies

TheVerge, here. 

How the ICO’s Sandbox can help make your innovative idea a reality

ICO, here. 

Big Tech leapt on the blockchain bandwagon but its applications are stuck in cryptocurrency

The Register, here. 

App stores and (potential) abuses of dominance – an opportunity to reshape competition law enforcement in digital markets

D. Mandrescu, here. 

A Review of Competition Policy for the Digital Era

N. Petit, Presentation here. 

Antitrust complaint on behalf of HIV patients alleging that Gilead conspired with other drug makers

Here. 

Unboxing Artificial Intelligence: 10 steps to protect Human Rights

Council of Europe, Recommendation, here.

Por ley buscan regular las empresas de criptomonedas

RCNRadio, aquì. 

People say they care about privacy but buy devices that can spy on them anyway

Vox, here. 

Die Datenmacht von Google und Co. Eine Gefahr für den Wettbewerb?

Bertelsmaan Stiftung, hier. 

Locked-in Data Production: User-Dignity and Capture in the Platform Economy

E. Bietti, here. 

FinTech or TechFin

C. Skinner, here. 

There is more to airline dynamic pricing than meets the eye

Podcast, from 10:35, here. 

Similarities and differences in the assessment of the same three vertical mergers

ICN, here. 

Vertical Restraints Project - Hypotheticals on Online Parity Requirements and Online Sales Bans

ICN, here. 

Commission opens investigation into Insurance Ireland data pooling system

EC, here. 

Chris Hughes on The Daily Podcast

Here.

Surprise: Amazon rolls out machines that pack orders and replace jobs

Reuters, here.

Première rencontre avec Mark Zuckerberg

C. O, ici. 

Global Platform Governance: Private Power in the Shadow of the State

H. Bloch-Wehba, here. 

Antitrust: gara Consip FM4, sanzioni per circa 235 milioni di euro

AGCM, qui.. Provvedimento qui.

Apple v. Pepper

US Supreme Court, here.

Update on Google Shopping

Here. 

Talking to the Law Student With a Novel Theory About Amazon’s Power

NYMag, here. 

The EU Needs to Reform the GDPR to Remain Competitive in the Algorithmic Economy

Center for Data Innovation, here. 

A new government agency to regulate all big tech companies.

Recode with C. Hughes, Podcast here. 

On sandboxes and those profound mysteries of the algorithmic age

Commission fines AB InBev €200 million for restricting cross-border sales of beer

EC, here. 

Marketing Agencies and Collusive Bidding∗ in Online Ad Auctions

F. Decarolis, M. Goldmanis, A. Penta, here. 

Friend portability is the must-have Facebook regulation FTC must pave the path to competition

Techcrunch, here. 

Allons-nous retrouver notre vie privée?

Lecho.be, ici. 

Much ado about nothing? Online platform price parity clauses and the EU Booking.com case

A. Mantovani, C. Piga, C. Reggiani, here. 

Breaking Up Facebook Is Not the Answer

N. Clegg, here. 

New: Participative Antitrust Must Haves Playlist

On Spotify (fittingly?), here.  How it all started here. And this classic treatment in the literature (the file was there until last Saturday, I swear, but you can catch it up live sometime, perhaps, if you're lucky).

...and growing.

Why Google believes machine learning is its future

ArsTechnica, here. 

France seeks handle on Facebook algos to help combat hate speech

Reuters, here. 

Facebook sues analytics firm Rankwave over data misuse

TechCrunch, here. 

Competition Concerns in Labour Markets – Background Note

OECD, Background Note by the Secretariat, here. 

Licensing of IP Rights and Competition Law

OECD, Background Note by the Secretariat, here. 

Google, Amazon Patent Filings Reveal Digital Home Assistant Privacy Problems

Consumer Watchdog, here. 

Créer un cadre français de responsabilisation des réseaux sociaux : agir en France avec une ambition européenne

Rapport de la mission « Régulation des réseaux sociaux – Expérimentation Facebook », ici.  

The Blockchain (R)evolution and the Role of Antitrust

Antitrust Digest, here. 

Millions of people uploaded photos to the Ever app. Then the company used them to develop facial recognition tools.

NBC News, here. 

Competition and the rule of law

M. Vestager, here. 

Rod Sims, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

Capitol Forum, Interview here (Video).

Nest, the company, died at Google I/O 2019

ArsTechnica, here. 

Antitrust and Innovation: Welcoming and Protecting Disruption

G. Federico, F. Scott Morton, C. Shapiro, here. 

India orders anti-trust probe of Google for alleged Android abuse - sources

Reuters, here.