FCA Competition Director Christopher Woolard Testifies before House Committee Fintech Task Force

CrowdFundInsider, here. 

Antitrust regulators may also scrutinize internet firms' cryptocurrencies: German cartel chief

Reuters, here. 

French consumer group files class-action against Google for alleged GDPR violations

iapp, here. 

Artificial Intelligence and Law: An Overview

H. Surden, here. 

Copyright Law on Blockchains: Between New Forms of Rights Administration and Digital Rights Management 2.0

M. Finck, V. Moscon, here. 

BIS to set up Innovation Hub for central banks

BIS, here. 

Intelligent interfaces

Deloitte, here. 

Facebook’s Inches Towards Global Regulatory Compliance, Applies for New York BitLicense

CoinDesk, here. 

Where are human subjects in Big Data research? The emerging ethics divide

J. Metcalf, K. Crawford, here. 

New York Governor Cuomo orders probe into Facebook's advertising platform

Reuters, here. 

Facebook’s privacy game – how Zuckerberg backtracked on promises to protect personal data

ComputerWeekly, here. 

Guidance to national courts: Quantification of harm caused by infringements of the EU antitrust rules

EC, here. 

First Steps Towards an Ethics of Robots and Artificial Intelligence

J. Tasioulas, here. 

CMA launches digital markets strategy

Press release, Here.
The CMA’s Digital Markets Strategy, here.
Online platforms and digital advertising market study: Statement of Scope, here.  

Bundeskartellamt legt Nichtzulassungsbeschwerde ein

AHGZ, hier. 

Der Spion im Schulzimmer

Republik, hier. 

FCA proposes ban on cryptocurrency products

The Guardian, here. 

Dow/DuPont: Another step towards a proper assessment concept of the innovation effects of mergers

W. Kerber, S. Vezzoso, Presentation here.

Motivations to Scale

Nesta, here. 

New economy, new finance, new Bank

Bank of England, here. 

Big tech in finance: opportunities and risks

BIS, here. 

ALGORITHMS AS ILLEGAL AGREEMENTS

M. Gal, here. 

Bundesbank-Präsident und weitere Notenbanker warnen vor Facebooks Kryptowährung

FAZ, hier. 

Public Comments of 43 State Attorneys General

FTC Hearings, here. 

CMA expects Facebook and eBay to tackle sale of fake reviews

CMA, here. 

Libra Q&A thread

Here.

Populism or overpopulation? When antitrust really matters

Economic Times, here. 

BCCP Conference 2019 Regulatory Challenges in Digital Markets: The Rise of Corporate Power

Livestream now here. Conference program here. 

Ycor withdraws from Sizmek bid, paving the way for Amazon's adtech ambitions

The Drum, here. 

Do biologics really need 12 years of market exclusivity?

Statnews, here. 

Facebook usage has collapsed since scandals, data shows

The Guardian, here. 

Enable, Empower, Ensure: A New Finance for the New Economy

M. Carney, here. 

Battle intensifies to unlock value in the ‘internet of things’

FT, here. 

Google releases open-source tool to assist in secure data sharing

iapp, here. 

Méga alliance belge pour contrer les Gafa

L'Echo, ici. 

Surveillance Capitalism

Exponential View, Podcast here (on Google Podcasts).

The “Too Big to Fail” Problem

S. Omarova, here. 

Post-M&A Synergies and Changes in Development Trajectory of Pharmaceutical Firm

H. Meder, here. 

Adtech industry operating illegally, rules UK regulator

FT, here.

Four big questions facing Facebook’s Libra coin

FT, here. 

Facebook's Libra will not help the unbanked

FT, here. 

Danish DPA approves Automated Facial Recognition

EDRi, here. 

Japan's antitrust law amended to encourage companies under investigation to cooperate with FTC

Japan Times, here. 

Facebook-Weltwährung: Geht's noch?

Finews.ch, hier. 

Alipay's AI wealth tech platform adopted by six out of ten China's asset managers

FinExtra, here. 

Should’ve Stayed in Vegas

Your Undivided Attention Podcast, here.

Update report into adtech and real time bidding

ICO, here. 

The EU wants to create 10 million smart lampposts

WEF, here. 

Platforms and Blockchain Will Transform Logistics

S. Choudary, M. Van Alstyne, G. Parker, here. 

Facebook’s Libra: blockchain, but without the blocks or chain

FT, here (do not miss the comments ;-)).

To Take Down Big Tech, They First Need to Reinvent the Law

NYTimes, here. 

GC: Adidas

T-307/17, here. 

Green light to the Digital Markets Unit

‘There’s Just No Doubt That It Will Change the World’: David Chalmers on V.R. and A.I.

NYTimes, here. 

Facebook’s New Cryptocurrency Libra: Not to be Confused with Libre

Privacy International, here.

Technological change shapes markets in ways participants do not expect

P. Roscoe, here. 

Some tweets on Facebook's Libra

O. Havrylchyk, here. 

Termination of Legacy Antitrust Judgments

DoJ, here.

Major publisher group DCN tells regulators “the sky won’t fall” if RTB switches to safe, non-personal data.

Brave, here. 

What if We All Just Sold Non-Creepy Advertising?

NYTimes, here. 

IBM to win unconditional EU okay for $34 billion Red Hat deal: sources

Reuters, here. 

Consultation on Open Banking designation instrument (second round)

AU Government, here. 

Dealing with mergers in a digital age

M. Vestager, here. 

Facebook’s Undemocratic Currency

M. Stoller, here. 

Facebook’s cryptocurrency has a trust problem

The Verge, here. 

Facebook’s Libra: Three things we don’t know about the digital currency

MIT Technology Review, here. 

Sorry, Mr. Delrahim: Big Tech’s Worst Abuses Can’t Be Cured Without Stiffer Regulation

H. Singer, here. 

Activists Urge Google to Break Up Before Regulators Force It To

NYTimes, here. 

Facebook announces Libra cryptocurrency: All you need to know

TechCrunch, here. 

Regulation through “bricking”: private ordering in the “Internet of Things”

N. Tusikov, here. 

Are eIDAS certificates sufficient for PSD2 Open Banking?

FinExtra, here. 

Braucht es mehr materielles Kartellrecht für digitale Plattformen?

S. Louven, hier.

Google will start attributing lyrics in its search results to their third-party providers

TechCrunch, here. 

Market Design for a Blockchain-Based Financial System

C. Catalini, R. Jagadeesan, S. Kominers, here. 

UN makes ‘declaration of digital interdependence’, with release of tech report

UN News, here. 

Cofece bloqueó la compra de Cornershop porque Walmart habría podido utilizar datos de minoristas rivales

El Economista, aquì. 

Alphaville's Libra cheat sheet

FT, here. 

Control de operaciones de concentración en plataformas digitales: qué dice el reporte externo encargado por la CMA británica

FN.cl, aquì. 

Why we joined the Libra Association

J. Gans, here. 

How a Dispute Over Rap Lyrics Illustrates That Google Has Too Much Power

Slate, here. 

WIPO Director General Gurry on AI and IP

WIPO, here. 

What a Facebook breakup would mean for investors

Yahoo Finance, here. 

Suppliers of antidepressants accused of illegal anti-competitive conduct

CMA, here. 

GAFAM : le déclin de l’empire américain ?

April, here. 

Facebook, Google brace for the release of Australia’s ground-breaking digital platforms report

MLex Podcast, here. 

ONE YEAR UNDER THE EU GDPR

AccessNow, here. 

Bitcoin Antitrust

Didyouknowcrypto, here. 

Millions of Venmo transactions scraped in warning over privacy settings

TechCrunch, here. 

Market disruptors' impact on the future of blockchain

Deloitte, here. 

THE SEPARATION OF PLATFORMS AND COMMERCE

L. Khan, here. 

Google allegedly used stolen Genius lyrics, caught through Morse code trick

AndroidPolice, here. 

Banks accused of overcharging small customers for forex services

FT, here. 

The Common Ownership Boom - Or: How I Learned to Start Worrying and Love Antitrust

A. Tzanaki, here. 

Potential for Discrimination in Online Targeted Advertising

T. Speicher et al, here. 

The truth behind the dumbest GDPR myths, one year later

Wired, here. 

Yelp's Jeremy Stoppelman: "15 years battling Google"

Danny in the Valley, Podcast here. 

Sins of Omission and the Practice of Economics

G. Akerlof, here. 

Here’s Mary Meeker’s 2019 Internet Trends report

TechCrunch, here. 

Bons et mauvais Chinois

Le Monde, ici. 

Amazon seeks to revive its faltering loans business

FT, here.