Observatory on the Online Platform Economy Launched

Here.
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Facebook Is Giving Advertisers Access to Your Shadow Contact Information

Gizmodo, here. 

America’s Courts Can’t Ignore the World

The Atlantic, here.

Warning! Bias alert, here. 

The case for publicly enforced online rights

E. Morozov, here. 

Platforms, ad industry unveil self-regulatory code to fight online disinformation

IAPP, here. 

Supreme Court upholds validity of Aadhaar, BJP calls it a historic judgement

Scroll-in, here. Ruling here. 

High time for rhyme and reason

P. Marsden, here. 

A bit "banalization of hipster," IMHO, but I can totally subscribe to this one:

and I'm also a bit of an"open movement" devotee myself:

Google announces an opt-out feature to ‘forced login’ on Chrome coming in mid-Oct

TechCrunch, here. 

Twitter’s approach to privacy

D. Kieran, here.

Amazon’s Approach to Privacy

Andrew DeVore, here.

Vendita biglietti per i concerti di musica dal vivo: avviata istruttoria nei confronti di Ticketone

A523, Provvedimento qui. 

Margrethe Vestager at Bloomberg Global Business Forum 2018

Video here, here.

Australian agency claims blockchain breakthrough

FinExtra, here. 

Regulator calls in Paypal's $2.2bn iZettle merger on day it completes

Cityam.com, here.

See CMA, here.

Cartel in the smart card chip market: Philips’ appeal dismissed and Infineon’s fine needs a second look

Judgments in Cases C-98/17 P Koninklijke Philips NV and Philips France v Commission and C-99/17 P Infineon Technologies AG v Commission, Press Release here.

The Effective Competition Standard: A New Standard for Antitrust

M. Steinbaum, M. Stucke, here. 

Exhaustion of intellectual property rights if there’s no Brexit deal

Gov.UK, here. 

UK Competition Appeal Tribunal Confirms Ban on Online Sales Is Inherently Restrictive of Competition

Cooley, here. 

Trust in blockchain based decentralized data infrastructures

B. Bodó et al., here. 

Nudge Turns 10: A Q&A With Cass Sunstein

Behavioral Scientist, here. 

ICO consults on privacy “regulatory sandbox”

Covington, here. 

Salesforce, AWS expand partnership with secure data sharing between platforms

TechCrunch, here. 

Public Consultation on Digital Ethics: Summary of outcomes

EDPS, here. 

European tech companies call on EU to toughen regulations

FT, here. 

John Oliver explains how Facebook is wreaking havoc overseas

Vox, here. 

The Alphabet Soup of Regulators in the Crypto Space Just Added a Few More Letters

Texas Lawyer, here. 

Intelligence artificielle : les banques françaises tâtonnent encore

La Tribune, ici. 

Analysing Apple Pay Transactions

Elcomsoft, here. 

Have ‘Big Tech’ Platforms Got Too Much Power?

S. King, here. 

Data, Innovation and Transatlantic Competition in Finance: The Case of the Access to Account Rule

G. Colangelo, O. Borgogno, here. 

The uncertain future for banking and regulation

S. King, here. 

Amazon Is Invading Your Home With Micro-Convenience

The Atlantic, here. 

Big Tech is overselling AI as the solution to online extremism

The Conversation, here. 

Google’s Forced Sign-in to Chrome Raises Privacy Red Flags

ThreatPost.com, here. See also here. 

STRATEGY ON NEW TECHNOLOGIES

UN Secretary General, here. 

How Platform Strategies Continue to Create Value

G. Parker, M. Van Alstyne, and P. Evans, here. 

AB InBev faces EU antitrust fine in Belgian beer case - sources

Reuters, here. 

Apple completes acquisition of Shazam, will remove ads from free version

Android Police, here. 

The Cryptocurrency Market

Source: @OxfordCompEcon

Why Instagram’s founders are leaving: dwindling independence from Facebook

TechCrunch, here. 

Drivers for Uber, Lyft are earning less than half of what they did four years ago, study finds

Market Watch, here. 

Helping the digital economy keep its promises

M. Vestager, here. 

Radical Markets versus Sensible Politics

Radical Markets, here. 

Bank customers increasingly open to big tech alternatives

FinExtra, here. 

The Ring is the smartphone

HT @flysanityfly

U.S. way behind the curve on open banking

American Banker, here. 

More on Chrome updates and headers

Unsearcher, here. 

Scott Galloway’s provocative predictions on Amazon, Walmart and the future of retail

Recode, here. 

Blockchain: Premiers éléments d’analyse

CNIL, ici. 

The Challenge of Digital Markets: First, Let Us Not Forget the Lessons Learnt Over the Years

P. Ibáñez Colomo, G. De Stefano, here. 

The next antitrust standoff — Big Tech’s use of data

Politico.eu, here. 

Grab-Uber Merger: CCCS Imposes Directions on Parties to Restore Market Contestability and Penalties to Deter Anti-Competitive Mergers

CCCS, here.

Singapore competition watchdog fines Uber and Grab $9.5m

FT, here. 

Technology is no longer simply an industry, it is a part of every industry

R. Slaughter, here.

Why the government must help shape the future of AI

Brookings, here.

Advantage China in the race to control AI?

FT, here.

The White House is considering an antitrust investigation into 'online platform bias' at Google and Facebook — read the leaked document here

Business Insider, here. See also here.

The Welfare Effects of Information

C. Sunstein, here.

Fifa transfer algorithm is 'ridiculous', says Premier League chief

The Telegraph, here.

Commission opens formal investigation into possible collusion between BMW, Daimler and the VW group on clean emission technology

EC, here.

Building smart transport with trust and confidence

M. Vestager, here.

E-mail: Google CEO denies bias in search results

Axios, here.

Work kicks-off to examine digital competition in UK

Gov.UK, here.

Brazil antitrust watchdog probes banks in cryptocurrency trade

Reuters, here. Proceedings here.

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE COMPETITION LAW AND ECONOMICS OF “FREE”

B.Edelman, D. Geradin, here.

Turkish Android Infringement Decision

Tough choice, but still my fav

Here, Google Translate from Turkish. Two lovely ❤️ students of mine who speak this beautiful language will soon provide a better translation. 

Smart technology regulation is essential for innovation

J. Ryan, Video here. 

Brussels bids to get ahead of the curve with Amazon investigation

FT, here. 

An open governance model for the AMP Project

AMP, here. 

EU-Wettbewerbshüter untersuchen Amazon

FAZ, hier. 

HOW TO EXERCISE THE POWER YOU DIDN’T ASK FOR

J. Zittrain, here. 

Amazon Probed by EU on Data Collection From Rival Retailers

Bloomberg, here.  More info hier and here.

Mentioned this possibility in my "old" big data paper, here (written 2015! - amazing how the years just fly by)

Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements

Bloomberg, here. 

Android and Forking Restrictions: On the Hidden Closedness of “Open” (new, extended, more relaxed version)

S. Vezzoso (me), here.

French bookshops revolt after prize selects novel self-published on Amazon

The Guardian, here. 

Google admits changing phone settings remotely

BBC, here. 

Commission opens formal investigation into possible collusion between BMW, Daimler and the VW group on clean emission technology

EC, here. 

BUNDESKARTELLAMT VS FACEBOOK: TIME TO REFRESH ‘GDPR’S WALL’?

A. Massolo, here. 

THE ONLINE HOTEL BOOKING MONITORING EXERCISE

F. Manca, here. 

COPYRIGHTS ON DATA AND COMPETITION POLICY IN THE DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET STRATEGY

V. Falce, here. 

ALGORITHMIC OPACITY AND EXCLUSION IN ANTITRUST LAW

M. Patterson, here. 

Resale Price Maintenance and Artificial Intelligence

Hausfeld, here. 

Google-Deal lässt Aktienkurs von Tomtom um 30 Prozent fallen

FAZ, hier. 

Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahl: Reformierte Verbandsarbeit

Bundeskartellamt, Fallbericht, hier. 

Germany high court postpones YouTube intellectual property case for EU interpretation

Jurist.org, here. 

What is blocking blockchains? A common sense, legal evaluation

E. Mik, here. 

Google partners with Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi to put Android into millions of vehicles

TechCrunch, here. 

U.S. to Spare Some Apple Goods From Latest China Tariffs, Sources Say

Bloomberg, here. 

Top German court delays YouTube illegal uploads case to seek EU opinion

Euractiv, here. 

An Estonian Startup Is Undercutting Billion-Dollar Gaming Stores

Bloomberg, here. 

Le plan qui fait trembler les revues scientifiques

Le Monde, ici. 

New York sues the OCC over fintech charter rule

FinExtra, here. 

Banks jump on to the fintech bandwagon

FT, here. 

German Digital Market Power Modernization - Update

D. Sokol, here. 

The German Monopolies Commission’s Proposals Regarding Pricing Algorithms

Covington, here. 

Developments in competition law in Australia in 2018

Clifford Chance, here. 

Amazon should split into two companies to avoid antitrust scrutiny from Trump administration: Citi

CNBC, here. 

What makes a monopoly in the age of Amazon?

CNN, here. 

Salesforce expands integrations between its clouds, Google Analytics 360

ZDNet, here. 

EU antitrust ruling on Microsoft buy of GitHub due by October 19

Reuters, here. 

Spotify can tell if you’re sad. Here’s why that should scare you

The Guardian, here.

Google aktivierte von außen Stromsparmodus auf Android-9-Smartphones

Der Standard, hier.

Amazon Investigates Report That Employees Leaked Data for Bribes

Bloomberg, here. 

A public reckoning with the power of Big Tech

Book Forum, here. 

SIM cards with pre-installed services can be an aggressive practice: CJEU on Wind Tre

Recent-ecl.blogspot.com, here. 

Is fortnite becoming a relationship wrecker?

Divorce Online, here. 

Google Leadership’s Dismayed Reaction to Trump Election: A "Fun" Watch, Two Years Later

Breitbart, here.
Could boredom explain vote results and help build extremism?

"La régulation des télécoms doit s'étendre aux terminaux"

La Tribune, ici. Rapport ici.

How Game Apps That Captivate Kids Have Been Collecting Their Data

NYTimes, here. 

GOOGLE CHINA PROTOTYPE LINKS SEARCHES TO PHONE NUMBERS

The Intercept, here.

Here is Google's official response:

"We've been investing for many years to help Chinese users, from developing Android, through mobile apps such as Google Translate and Files Go, and our developer tools. But our work on search has been exploratory, and we are not close to launching a search product in China."

(Big) Data and the North-in-South: Australia’s Informational Imperialism and Digital Colonialism

M. Mann, A. Daly, here. 

FADING OUT THE ECHO OF CONSUMER PROTECTION

G. Noto La Diega, Presentation here. 

Apple 'wants to serve everyone,' says Tim Cook

Asian Review, here.

Class action in Italia contro Facebook: richiesta di rimborso per l’uso ‘abusivo’ dei dati

Business Insider, qui. 

F.T.C. Hearings Add to Efforts That Threaten Tech Industry

NYTimes, here. 

Think writing process

Here.

Ubernomics: Platform Monopolies & How to Fix Them

R. Pollock, here. 

Behördliche Durchsetzung des Verbraucherrechts?

R. Podszum, C. Busch, F. Hennig-Bodewig, hier. 

Viele Apps halten sich nicht an die neuen Datenschutzregeln

Handelsblatt, here. 

Open Energy

Fingleton Associates, here. 

Anatomy of an AI System

K. Crawford, V. Joler, here. 

IA, Big Data, robots : quels bénéfices en attendre ? À quelles conditions ?

Anvie, ici. 

FAIR PLAY: Apple’s Shazam Deal Shows EU Eyeing, Not Halting, Big Data

Bloomberg, here. 

Teller has abused its dominant position by using rebates conditional on exclusivity and provisions regarding exclusivity

Danish Competition and Consumer Authority, here. 

A Right to Reasonable Inferences: Re-thinking Data Protection Law in the Age of Big Data and AI

S. Wachter, B. Mittelstadt, here. 

Zu hohe Maklergebühren? Grüne fordern Kartellamts-Prüfung

Die Welt, hier. 

Haftung von YouTube für Urheberrechtsverletzungen

Bundesgerichtshof, hier.

Promoting fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services

EP, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, Draft Report, here. 

SENIOR GOOGLE SCIENTIST RESIGNS OVER “FORFEITURE OF OUR VALUES” IN CHINA

The Intercept, here. 

Sector Inquiry Health

The Austrian Pharmacy Market, here. 

Congress seeks probe of deepfakes

Axios, here. 

FTC Hearings

FTC, here. Videos available here.

Economists (and Economics) in Tech Companies

S. athey, M. Luca, here. 

iTunes: Verwirrung um verschwundene Filme

Heise.de, hier. 

Man jailed in Italy for selling fake TripAdvisor reviews

The Guardian, here. 

Where in the World Is Larry Page?

Bloomberg, here. 

How to Reform the Law on Abusive Practices: The study that will serve as a basis for reform in Germany (and Europe?)

R. Podszun, here.
Bericht hier.

Retail banking remedies: an update

CMA, here 

Regulatory complaint concerning massive, web-wide data breach by Google and other “ad tech” companies under Europe’s GDPR

Brave, here. 

Angriff auf Werbemarkt: Brave reicht DSGVO-Beschwerde gegen Google ein

Heise, hier. 

The Misguided Assault on the Consumer Welfare Standard in the Age of Platform Markets

D. Melamed, N. Petit, here.

Google’s location privacy practices are under investigation in Arizona

Washington Post, here.

Aptoide versus Google and the boundaries of competition law

I. Graef, here. 

European Commission Fines Consumer Electronics Manufacturers €111 Million for Online Pricing Restrictions

Cooley, here. 

Online sales ban is by-object restriction, CAT holds

GCR, here. 

Google Is Rigged. Just Not the Way Trump Thinks It Is.

Skift, here. 

POUR UNE RÉFORME DU DROIT DE LA CONCURRENCE

Club des juristes, Rapport ici. 

Regulation and competition enforcement – a combined approach

A. Coscelli, here.

European Competition Law Is Hurting Consumers

National Review, here. 

Getting the best out of technology.

M. Vestager. here. 

The Proposed Australian Consumer Data Right: A European Comparison

S. Esayas, A. Daly, here. 

OECD discussion on the impact of blockchain on competition

Video here. 

Kommission Wettbewerbsrecht 4.0

BMWI.de, hier. 

The comprehensive consumer right to data

Competition Lore Podcast, here.

The Case for Rulemaking Under “Unfair Methods of Competition”

R. Chopra, Here.

Who has your data? Researchers scrutinize apps for undisclosed ties to advertisers, analytics companies

CBC, here.

Next Level Competition Law: The Study that will serve as a basis for the reform of abusive practices in Germany (and Europe?)

D-Kart, here.

Leitfragen der Bundesregierung an die Datenethikkommission

BMJV, hier.

Commission clears Apple's acquisition of Shazam

EC, here.

Modernisierung der Missbrauchsaufsicht für marktmächtige Unternehmen

DICE Consult im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWi), hier.

Amazon Sets Its Sights on the $88 Billion Online Ad Market

NYTimes, here.

Bringt Google endlich unter Kontrolle!

SZ, hier.

Google versus Orrin Hatch

FT, here. 

Altmaier will die Internetkonzerne zähmen

FAZ, hier.

WeChat, Alipay to Block Crypto Transactions on Payment Platforms

Coin Desk, here. 

WEKO Sekretariat schliesst Vorabklärung zum Service Après-Vente für Uhren ab

Hier. 

CMA launches court action against viagogo

CMA, here. 

Inside Big Tech's D.C. survival strategies

Axios, here. 

Google and Mastercard Cut a Secret Ad Deal to Track Retail Sales

Bloomberg, here. Read also this 

HOW MAJOR NEWS ORGANIZATIONS, UNIVERSITIES AND BUSINESSES SURRENDER THEIR PRIVACY TO GOOGLE

Dailycaller, here. 

Is Silicon Valley home to this century’s robber barons?

N. Petit discusses with Jim Pethokoukis, Podcast here. 

Trump’s Ludicrous Attack on Big Tech

NYTimes, here. 

Big Data: is it bad for our health?

ABC, Podcast with F. Pasquale and J. Powles here. 

Der Digitalrat gibt Rätsel auf

FAZ, hier. 

TREB threatens legal action for realtors violating sales data rules

CP24, here. 

A Survey of Methods for Explaining Black Box Models

R. Guidotti et al. (sorry: too many Authors), here. 

Google VP of news: don't blame us for all the media's problems

ABC, here. 

Amazon-Whole Foods After One Year

Blog Symposium, here. 

Volkswagens Antwort auf Apple und Co.

FAZ, hier. 

SPD-Chefin Nahles will Tech-Riesen stärker regulieren und kooperative Plattformen fördern

Handelsblatt, hier. 

Can the taste of a cheese be protected by copyright?

Lexology,  here.

This Tomme is Art

Comisión Europea, Android y Google: ¿el bueno, el feo y el malo?

El Español, aquí. 

New US Legislation Would Hit Pause on Mega-Mergers

Competitivemarkets, here. 

Google says search results not biased towards any political ideology

FT, here. 

Experian Limited / Credit Laser Holdings (Clearscore)

CMA, Issues Statement here. 

Novos Trustes Na Era Digital: Efeitos Anticompetitivos Do Uso De Dados Pessoais Pelo Facebook

J. Krein, aqui. 

Sollten Google & Co. ihre Daten teilen?

WDR, hier. 

Facebook and Google Chase a New $1 Trillion Payments Market

Bloomberg, here. 

Google-Android-Entscheidung der EU: Marktmacht missbraucht?

U. Heimeshoff, hier. 

Germany Takes Aim at Internet Giants

Bloomberg, here.
Jahresbericht 2017 hier. 

OECD on Blockchain Technology and Competition Policy

Videos: 1, 2 and 3

Epic's first Fortnite Installer allowed hackers to download and install anything on your Android phone silently

Android Central, here. 

Google Korea faces antitrust probe for abusing game firms

The Korea Times, here. 

Dreist, dreister, Eventim

T3n.de, hier. S. auch
Bundeskartellamt untersagt Exklusivvereinbarungen zwischen CTS Eventim und Veranstaltern sowie Vorverkaufsstellen (04.12.2017), hier.

Statement of the EDPB on the data protection impacts of economic concentration

EDPB, here.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Central Banking

Bank of Canada, here. 

Competition, Stability, and Efficiency in Financial Markets

D. Corbae, R. Levine, here. Discussion here. 

How is Fintech changing the competitive structure of the financial service industry?

A. Schoar, here. 

How EU Markets Became More Competitive Than US Markets: A Study of Institutional Drift

G. Gutiérrez and T. Philippon, here. 

Understanding Weak Capital Investment: the Role of Market Concentration and Intangibles

N. Crouzet, J. Eberly, here. See also the Discussion here. 

Increasing Differences between firms: Market Power and the Macro-Economy

J. Van Reenen, here. See also here. 

Are Superstar Firms and Amazon Effects Reshaping the Economy?

NYTimes, here. 

Google might be hiding the fact that its own reviews are shoddy

Yahoo, here.

Fortnite: A Tale of Two Operating Systems

DisCo, here. 

Android - Is There a Viable Monopolization Case?

S. Houck, here. 

Chap asks Facebook for data on his web activity, Facebook says no, now watchdog's on the case

The Register, here. 

TREB loses Supreme Court bid to appeal release of real estate sold figures

CBC, here. 

Supreme Court will not hear Toronto Real Estate Board’s appeal

Competition Bureau Canada, here.
More about the case here. 

23andMe will no longer let app developers read your DNA data

CNBC, here. 

Der Neoliberalismus wird achtzig

FAZ, hier. 

THE GOALS OF EU COMPETITION LAW AND THE DIGITAL ECONOMY

A. Ezrachi for BEUC, here. 

Doing Data Portability Right

DisCo, here. 

On the economics of the Google Android case

A. de Cornière, G. Taylor, here. 

Are U.S. Companies Too Big and Powerful? The Fed Wants to Know

The Washington Post, here. 

Reconciling the Matchmaker Economy with Competition Policy: A case study of Android, the European Commission case, and improper competition enforcement

D. Balto, M. Lane, here. 

Sanctionné par Bruxelles, Google agite la menace d'un Android payant

LesEchos.fr, ici. 

EU set to clear Apple's bid for music app Shazam: sources

Reuters, here. 

Platform companies have to learn to share

FT, here. 

Is Big Tech really all that BAD?

G. Manne on Competition Lore, Podcast here. 

Google tracks your movements, like it or not

NYTimes, here.

Cade pode investigar Google sobre sistema operacional para celulares, diz Valor

Reuters, aqui.

Qualcomm settles $774m antitrust dispute in Taiwan

FT, here. 

Norwegian banks co-operate on account aggregation programme

FinExtra, here. 

Two Views of Exclusion: Why the European Union and the United States Diverged on Google

W. Kovacic, here. 

ABUS D’EXPLOITATION : QUELS SONT LES NOUVEAUX RISQUES POUR LES ENTREPRISES ?

Concurrences, ici. 

Online Dating: Modern Love

The Economist, here. 

Blockchains Are a Bad Idea

J. Mickens, Video here.

ACCC's probe into Facebook and Google critical in bringing issues to the forefront

Financial Review, here. 

Privacy as a Non-Price Competition Parameter: Theories of Harm in Mergers

S. Esayas, here. 

Apple v. Pepper, Amicus Curiae Verizon

Here.

Endgültiger gemeinsamer Leitfaden zur neuen Transaktionswert-Schwelle in der Zusammenschlusskontrolle in Österreich und Deutschland veröffentlicht

BWB, hier. 

UK Financial Services Customer Survey 2018

Accenture, here. 

"Wir nehmen ja auch keine Rücksicht auf das Geschäftsmodell eines Steuerhinterziehers"

SZ, hier. 

Changes in Third-Party Content on European News Websites aft er GDPR

Reuters Institute, here. 

Google's data collection is hard to escape, study claims

CNN Tech, here. Study here. 

Platform companies have to learn to share

FT, here. 

Making markets deliver essential medicines

M. Vestager, here. 

Time for a New—and Effective—Antitrust

T. Greaney, S. Miller, here. 

Fragile or Smart Consumers? Suggestions for the US from the EU

G. Colangelo, M. Maggiolino, here. 

Apple defends decision not to remove InfoWars’ app

TechCrunch, here. 

Do competition authorities need to transform themselves in a digitally transformed world?

Competition Lore, Podcast here. 

Google's Android Monopoly Isn't Free

Forbes, here. 

The Second Digital Disruption: Data, Algorithms & Authorship in the 21st Century

K. Raustiale, C. Springman, here. 

Innovation Drives Competition — And Consumer Choice

G. Shapiro, here. 

Apple Pay in Deutschland: Aktuelle Liste, 44 Banken äußern sich

iTopnews, here. 

GARTER REPORTS “EARLY MAINSTREAM” ADOPTION FOR 3D PRINTING SERVICES IN AFRICA

3dprintingindustry.com, here. 

Thailand's Draft Data Protection Bill: Many Strengths, Too Many Uncertainties

G. Greenleaf, A. Suriyawongkul, here. 

Make “Fairness by Design” Part of Machine Learning

A. Abbasi, J. Li, G. Clifford, H. Taylor, here. 

The Chinese Smartphone Upstarts Taking on Apple and Samsung

Bloomberg, here. 

23ANDME'S PHARMA DEALS HAVE BEEN THE PLAN ALL ALONG

Wired, here. 

Economic policy for artificial intelligence

A. Agrawal, J. Gans, A. Goldfarb, here. 

Platform Antitrust

E. Hovenkamp, here. 

Why Apple Is the Future of Capitalism

NYTimes, here.

Profiles of Monopoly: Big Cable and Telecom

CommunityNetworks, here. 

Fortnite Has Picked a Favorite in the Battle Between Apple and Android

Bloomberg, here. 

Price monitoring software and competition – new possibilities for RPM in absence of sufficient deterrence

D. Mandrescu, here. 

Uncle Sam Should Put Consumers First in Its AT&T Appeal

Bloomberg, here. DoJ's Brief here. 

Taxis and Ride-Sharing Services: Alberto Heimler summarises OECD June 2018 discussion

Video here. Presentations here. 

Facebook taps banks, but for chatbots not purchase data

TechCrunch, here. 

Google reveals Android P is named Pie, begins rollout to Pixel phones

VB, here and here. 

Why Apple Pay Is the Highest-Rated Mobile P2P Payment Service

Consumer Reports, here. 

Facebook to Banks: Give Us Your Data, We’ll Give You Our Users

WSJ, here. 

How Excessive Pharmaceutical Patenting is Extending Monopolies and Driving up Drug Prices

i-mak, here.

Dynamische Preisdifferenzierung

Verbraucherzentrale, hier.

Taxi and Uber Drivers Are United in Backing a Cap on Ride-Hail Vehicles

NYTimes, here. 

Tech Policy: State Attorneys General Pose Antitrust and Privacy Enforcement Risk to Google and Facebook; Could Initiate Android Case Like They Did US v. Microsoft

Capitol Forum, here. 

SAMR Policy: China Launches First Antitrust Probe into Digital Platforms, SAMR Official Says

Capital Forum, here. 

Grab wants to go way beyond ride-hailing in Asia, co-founder Hooi Ling Tan says

Recode, here. 

Fortnite Android ne sera pas sur le Google Play

Numérama, ici. 

Hard Questions: How Should Facebook and Other Companies Protect Privacy While Letting People Share Their Information Between Apps and Services?

FB Newsroom, here. 

Ausgerechnet mit ApplePay & GooglePay könnten deutsche Banken wieder Relevanz im DigitalPayment erhalten!

Paymentandbanking.com, hier. 

Blockchains: Regulating the Unknown

M. Finck, here. 

Er hat das Telefon neu erfunden

FAZ, hier. 

All you need to know about the Srikrishna panel’s draft data protection law

Scroll.in, here. 

Understanding Google's Search Platform and the Implications for Antitrust Analyses

J. Yun, here. 

Regulating Big Tech?

R. Epstein, here. 

German Appellate Court Rules on ICANN Request to Preserve WHOIS Data

ICANN, here. 

Innovationen – Herausforderung für die Kartellrechtspraxis

Protokoll zur Tagung des Arbeitskreises Kartellrecht, hier.

Everything bad about Facebook is bad for the same reason

Quartz, here.

Apple Pay: Sparkasse und FDP fordern Freigabe für alle

IPhone-ticker.de hier.

The tech industry needs to reckon with the dark side of advertising, WordPress CEO Matt Mullenweg says

Recode, here. 

Researcher explains how algorithms can create a fairer legal system

TechWorld, here. 

Handbook on European data protection law

 European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and Council of Europe, here. 

‘SCRAPER’ BOTS AND THE SECRET INTERNET ARMS RACE

Wired, here.

Google Maps Says ‘the East Cut’ Is a Real Place. Locals Aren’t So Sure

NYTimes, here. 

ACM start marktstudie appstores voor mobiele telefoons

ACM, hier. 

Lessons for Australia in the EU’s algorithmic price war that ripped off consumers

R. Nicholls, here. 

RGPD : une extension ajoute un refus global sur les sites utilisant le module Quantcast Choice

Next Impact, ici. 

Who has been advising Carrefour on its strategic cooperation with Google?

Clifford Chance, here. 

Parity clauses of Booking.com now banned in Sweden for the benefit of consumers and hoteliers

TravelDailyNews, here. See also here.

Google’s Secret China Project Sparks Anger Among Workers

Bloomberg, here. 

Blockchain innovation in Europe

European Union Blockchain Observatory and Forum, here. 

The New Pythagoreans

C. Gilliard, H. Culik, here. 

UK appoints former Obama adviser to lead tech review

FT, here. 

What are data-opolies and should we be worried about them?

Competition Lore, Podcast here. 

When is a business a platform?

Competition Lore, Podcast here.

POWER AND PURPOSE: PROTECTING A COMPETITIVE POSITION AFTER ACCC V PFIZER (II)

Corrs.com.au, here. 

Audit the algorithms that are ruling our lives

FT, here. 

Remedies for Robots

M. Lemley, B. Casey, here. 

20 ways Democrats could crack down on Big Tech

Axios, here. Paper here.

Power Buster: EU Competition Commissioner MARGRETHE VESTAGER on populism and optimism

Anger Management with Nick Clegg, here (on the data economy: at 30:00).

Managing Competition on a Two-Sided Platform

P. Belleflamme, M. Peitz, here. 

Intellectual Property and Antitrust Review: Europe

T. Vinje, here. 

Fairness and Enforcement: Bridging Competition, Data Protection and Consumer Law

I. Graef, D. Clifford, P. Valcke, here. 

Global Online Piracy Study

J. Poort, J. Quintais, M. van der Ende, A. Yagafarova, M. Hageraats, here. 

Rod Sims in conversation with Caron Beaton-Wells

Competition Lore, here. 

Opinion: "Are You A Bot?" Is The New "Are You A Cop?"

R. Calo, M. Lamo, here. 

How to define and regulate “data of general interest”?

B. Pailhès, here. 

Economic models of data: A complex relation between supply and demand

P. Belleflamme, here. 

Merger policy in the age of Facebook

A. Prat, T. Valletti, here. The. Paper is here

ECJ annuls Nestlé’s KitKat bar shape trademark

FT, here. 

The upside of making personal data portable

Mydex, here. 

Décision Android : comment les smartphones ont pris le pouvoir et comment le leur reprendre

Le Monde, ici. 

Market review into the supply of card-acquiring services

PSR, here. 

Attention Oligopoly

A. Prat, T. Valletti, here. 

Prosumer Law and Network Platform Regulation: The Long View Towards Creating OffData

C. Marsden, here. 

EC fines four consumer electronics manufacturers for fixing online resale prices

Press Release, here. 

Alphabet Results Support Confidence in Face of EU Curbs

Reuters, here. See also here. 

The European Commission Picks a Fight with Google Android over Business Models

R. Picker, here. 

REGULATING AT SCALE

P. Ohm, here. 

Technology Regulation by Default: Platforms, Privacy, and the CFPB

R. Van Loo, here. 

Sources of Tech Platform Power

L. Khan, here. 

Google's $5 Billion Escape: Why Europe's Antitrust Cop Could Be Tougher On Data

Forbes, here. 

Amazon’s battle with Google shifts to TVs and speakers

FT, here. 

Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Twitter partner for ambitious new data project

The Verge, here.

Policy Failure: The Role of “Economics” in AT&T-Time Warner and American Express

M. Steinbaum, J. Biese, here.

GOOGLE-CHEF PICHAI IM GESPRÄCH : „Eine Entscheidung gegen unser Geschäftsmodell“

FAZ, hier.
“Es gibt eine Entscheidung und wir werden uns danach richten. Wir werden bedächtig unsere Optionen prüfen und konstruktiv mit der EU-Kommission darüber sprechen.“”

Applications mobiles : mises en demeure pour absence de consentement au traitement de données de géolocalisation à des fins de ciblage publicitaire

CNIL, ici.

Will the European Commission’s Google Android Decision Benefit Consumers?

P. Akmar, here.

Europe has fined Google $5 billion. But that won't hurt it

Cnn Tech, here.

Making Data Portability Work

Mydex, here.

Quelques réflexions sur la décision Android du 18 juillet 2018

F. Marty, ici.

He Has Tweeted HT @aoifewhite101

Go to Twitter...

Algorithms As Cartel Infringements – A Bibliography

P. Pohlmann & D. Schütte, here. ❤️

Mozilla Responds to European Commission’s Google Android Decision

Here.

The EU fining Google over Android is too little, too late, say experts

The Guardian, here.

Microsoft-GitHub Deal Poses New ‘Data Eavesdropping’ Questions

Bloomberg, here and here. 

EC’s Android Suit: the Stupidest Antitrust Suit of All Time?

Tech Freedom, here.

Google Shrugs Off EU Fine; Damage to Hinge on Rivals' Next Moves

Bloomberg, here.

Europe is right to stand up to Google’s power

FT, here.

Oversight of the FTC

Energy and Commerce Committee, here.

FTC Chair Says Commission ‘Very Interested’ in EU's Google Fine

Bloomberg, here.

The Android decision is out: the exciting legal stuff beneath the noise

Chilling Competition, here.

The EU’s Google Android antitrust decision falls prey to the nirvana fallacy

G. Manne, here.

Android: Error 404 “Theory Not Found”

Baker McKenzie, here.

Android has created more choice, not less

Google, here.

Why the Commission’s Google Android decision harms competition and stifles innovation

D. Auer, here.

Commission fines Google €4.34 billion for illegal practices regarding Android mobile devices to strengthen dominance of Google's search engine

EC, Press Release, here. See also Commissioner Vestager’s Statement here.

EU Competition Commissioner Vestager: Press Conference on the Android Decision

Video here.

Global regulators start monitoring crypto assets

Reuters, here.
FSB's Report here.

Why millennials are driving cashless revolution in China

FT, here. 

Why a US v. Google-Android Antitrust Case Is Stronger than US v. Microsoft

S. Cleland, here. 

Die nächste Milliardengeldbuße für Google steht bevor

FAZ, hier. 

DoubleClick in sights of ACCC for abusing market position

The Australian, here. 

Winners & Losers in the Digital Age: Kara Swisher on data privacy, data deals and mobile addiction

Video here. 

RISE OF THE API COPYRIGHT DEAD?: AN UPDATED EPITAPH FOR COPYRIGHT PROTECTION OF NETWORK AND FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE

P. Menell, here. 

Google should give away a free Home smart speaker to every US household, Morgan Stanley suggests

CNBC, here. 

OHIO V. AMERICAN EXPRESS: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY

J. Newman, here. 

Why Android is Google’s Trojan horse.

T. Vinje, here. 

Rapprochements à l'achat dans le secteur de la grande distribution à dominante alimentaire: L'Autorité de la concurrence renforce ses investigations et ouvre des enquêtes

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

EU consumer rules: The European Commission and EU consumer authorities push Airbnb to comply

EC, here. 

Vestager’s misguided Google crusade

Politico.eu, here. 

Regulatory Challenges in Digital Markets: Trust Online

BCCP 2018 Conference, videos here. 

Competition issues in the Area of Financial Technology (FinTech)

EP, Study requested by the ECON committee, here. 

Por qué es una mala noticia que las empresas rivales compartan accionistas

J. Azar, M. Schmalz, I. Tecu, aquì. 

El Gobierno portugués legaliza Uber

El Pais, aquì

Is Antitrust Enforcement Out of Date?

F. Scott Morton, here. 

Is capitalism just not radical enough? A long-read Q&A with Glen Weyl

AEI.org, here. 

The need for a new personal data infrastructure

D. Alexander, here. 

All EFF'd Up

J. Levine, here and here (Podcast). 

The Origins of the Chief Economist Team: Mission, early achievement and challenges

P. Lowe, here. 

Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation

United Nations, here. 

Justice Department Plans Appeal of AT&T-Time Warner Merger Approval

NYTimes, here. 

The AT&T–Time Warner Merger Is Already What the Government Feared

The New Republic, here. 

Google Play Store Rival Files Antitrust Complaint to EU

Bloomberg, here. 

Luxusprodukte rechtfertigen Vertriebsverbot auf Amazon.de

Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt am Main, Urteil vom 12.07.2018, Az. 11 U 96/14 (Kart), Pressemitteilung hier. 

The Commission’s Meddling in Android Could Backfire

ITIF, here. 

El cálculo de los daños causados por el cártel de los fabricantes camiones

F. Marcos, aquí.

Datenkapitalismus – eine ökonomische Betrachtung

T. Kretschmer, L. Wiewiorra, J. Krämer, A. Oehler, M. Horn, J. Haucap, S. Klein, J. Hüllmann, hier.

The case for Open Healthcare: disrupting the NHS — but, like, in a good way

Fingleton Associates, here. 

Closing the investigation on the suspected violation of the Antimonopoly Act by Apple Inc. regarding its agreements with mobile network operators

Japan FTC, here.
S. also here.  

Apple changes Japanese iPhone sales contracts following antitrust probe

FT, here. 

Portability regulation – Letter sent to competent national authorities

DG CONNECT, here. 

Investigation into the use of data analytics in political campaigns: Update

ICO, here. 

Webtaxi: The Luxembourg Competition Authority exempts an algorithmic price-fixing arrangement on efficiency grounds

M. Giannino, here. 

Clausole di esclusiva applicate dai radiotaxi a propri tassisti violano la concorrenza

AGCM, qui. 

Internet Health Report 2018

Mozilla, here. 

Grab co-founder says Southeast Asia still has plenty of competition despite Uber’s exit

TechCrunch, here. 

After Uber buyout, Grab aims to go beyond rides to become Southeast Asia’s one-stop app

TechCrunch, here. 

What is the revenue generation model for DuckDuckGo?

G. Weinberg, here. 

Google may have to make major changes to Android in response to a forthcoming fine in Europe

The Washington Post, here. 

Shaping competition policy in the era of digitisation: Call for contributions

EC, here.

Max. 10 pages. Do you already know how you’re going to contribute?

Cade arquiva investigação no mercado de aplicativo de transporte individual de passageiros

Cade, aqui. 

Building the UK financial sector’s operational resilience

Bank of England, FCA, here. 

HOW AI IS DISRUPTING THE BANKING INDUSTRY

International Banker, here.

Brazil moves forward with online data protection efforts

ZDNet, here. 

PSD2 fully 'privacy proof'

EDPB, Letter here. 

Excessive Pricing And Sham Patent Litigation: The Pfizer And AbbVie Decisions

IP-Watch, here.