Singapore's "FinTech Fast Track" initiative is doing swimmingly well, thank you

IPKat, here. 

Revolut promises to grow up as it seeks new investment

FT, here. 

The privacy and antitrust worlds are starting to cross over

Iapp, here. 

Microsoft Edge for iOS and Android adds single sign-in, can now block Chrome and Safari access to some apps

ZDNet, here. 

Privacy, Obscurity and Keeping Economics Where it Belongs

G. Hull, here. 

Spotify lodges antitrust complaint against Apple: it’s ‘time to play fair’ in the music streaming industry

F. Bostoen, here. 

Big Tech to face antitrust law on user data in Japan

Asia Nikkei, here.

Amazon: investigation launched on possible abuse of a dominant position in online marketplaces and logistic services

AGCM, qui. Provvedimento qui.

Google & Amazon reach an agreement to bring their streaming video apps to each others’ platforms

TechCrunch, here. 

Google lets Android users choose browsers to ease EU antitrust concerns

Reuters, here. 

CMA recommends shake-up of UK audit market

CMA, here. 

Continental, Valeo seek EU antitrust action against Nokia

Reuters, here. 

CPI Audio Interview with Philip Marsden

Here. 

The EDPB’s Narrow View of Contractual Necessity

HogamLovells, here. 

Guidelines 2/2019 on the processing of personal data under Article 6(1)(b) GDPR in the context of the provision of online services to data subjects

EDPB, here. 

‘A Convenient Life and a Good Life May Not Be the Same Thing’

The Atlantic, here. 

Data trusts: lessons from three pilots

ODI, here. 

German competition authority pushes the boundaries of abuse of dominance with infringement finding on online data collection

Bristows, here. 

The battle of Fintech is over, the battle of TechFin is about to begin

Daily Fintech, here. 

vzbv klagt erfolgreich gegen Google

vzbv, hier.

Competition watchdog strengthens ties with FBI to fight cartels

The Sydney Morning Herald, here. 

BMW, Qualcomm Battle Against VW, Renault on Connected Car Rules

Bloomberg, here. 

Former Mozilla exec: Google has sabotaged Firefox for years

ZDNet, here. 

Political Economy of the Quantum Information Age

C. Hoofnagle, here. 

Mastercard ruling: almost every UK adult could receive payout

TheGuardian, here. 

Mark Zuckerberg leveraged Facebook user data to fight rivals and help friends, leaked documents show

NBC News, here. 

Facebook says it never sells your data but these internal documents show exactly how much they value your data in dollars

BoingBoing, here. 

Apple and Qualcomm Settle All Disputes Worldwide

NYTimes, here. 

Elektronische und digitale Zahlungsdienstleistungen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Antwort der Bundesregierung, hier.  

idealo verklagt Google auf Schadensersatz wegen Missbrauchs seiner marktbeherrschenden Stellung

Presseportal.de, hier. 

Digital Innovation: Seizing Policy Opportunities

OECD, here. 

President of E-Commerce Company Pleads Guilty To Price Fixing

DoJ, here. 

Leave, Remain & Common Ground: Pragmatism in Dealing with Tech Giants

P. Marsden, here. 

Amazon Workers Are Listening to What You Tell Alexa

Bloomberg, here. 

Google’s Next Big Money Maker Could Be the Maps on Your Phone

Bloomberg, here. 

CMA alleges piano supplier illegally prevented price discounts

CMA, here. 

Sector inquiry on comparison websites - Bundeskartellamt wants to terminate infringements of consumer rights and demands new competences

Bundeskartellamt, here.

Rakuten, Booking.com and Expedia raided by Japan's antitrust watchdog over lodging price policy

Japan Times, here. 

How Capitalism Betrayed Privacy

T. Wu, here. 

ACM launches investigation into abuse of dominance by Apple in its App Store

ACM, here. 

Market study into mobile app stores

ACM, here. 

In defense of the black box

E. Holm, here. 

On the limits of a new AI-inspired Gosplan system

Y. Feygin, here.

Facebook to clearly explain how it uses consumer data - EU

Reuters, here.
See also here.

Ethics washing made in Europe

T. Matzinger, here. 

CMA chides big banks for Open Banking delays

FinExtra, here. 

European data supervisor investigates Microsoft software used by EU

Reuters, here. 

The case against Facebook: A 'dataopoly' with too much market power

CBC, here. 

Competition in a globalised world: the role of public policies

Banque de France, Video here.
Interesting observations by the Governor on Fintech and Techfin start at 8:58:52.

Competition Policy for the Digital Era

J. Crémer Y.-A. de Montjoye, H. Schweitzer, here. 

Australia Passes Law to Punish Social Media Companies for Violent Posts

NYtimes, here. 

IMF warns that tech giants stifle innovation and threaten stability

The Guardian, here. 

Landlord 2.0: Tech’s New Rentier Capitalism

OneZero, here. 

CCPA public comments

Here. 

Facebook’s ad system seems to discriminate by race and gender

The Economist, here. 

Amazon Alexa is now HIPAA-compliant. Tech giant says health data can now be accessed securely

Stat News, here. 

Elizabeth Warren claims credit as Amazon demotes private label ads

FT, here. 

VW, BMW and Daimler Hindered Clean-Air Technology, European Regulator Says

NYTimes, here. See also here.

Changes to EU antitrust enforcement on Big Tech urged

FT, here. 

EU goes after Valve for ‘geo-blocking’ Steam activation codes

TechCrunch, here.
See also here.

Does Google meet its users’ expectations around consumer privacy? This news industry research says no

NiemanLab, here. 

Ethics guidelines for trustworthy AI

EC, here. 

Online Harms White Paper

UK Gov, here. 

The Problems with (Dominant) Platforms

G. Crawford, presentation here. 

The SEC Just Released Its Long-Awaited Crypto Token Guidance

CoinDesk, here. 

Personalized pricing in the digital era

A. Schonfield, here.

Fortune favours the Brave: Privacy browser chap takes gripes over adtech body's website to Irish data watchdog

The Register, here. 

European Commission and European Supervisory Authorities launch new platform to improve cooperation on technological innovation in the financial sector

EC, Here.

How much additional funding would the FTC need to create a Bureau of Technology? Response no later than April 3, 2019

J. Nader, D. Cicilline, here. 

UK lawmakers want Big Four accounting firms broken up

Reuters, here. 

Why owning their national data is important for developing countries

IT for Change, here. 

EU Delivers U.K. Tax Bill as Brexit Deal Eludes Parliament

Bloomberg, here. 

HOW TO THINK ABOUT BREAKING UP BIG TECH

The Intercept, here. 

Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is considering paying publishers to put their articles in a dedicated news tab

Business Insider, here. 

When it comes to disclosing sponsors, your Google Assistant may be mute

Reuters, here. 

Three Reviews of Shoshana Zuboff's Surveillance Capitalism

J. Cohen, here;
R. Evangelista, here;
K. Ball, here. 

Daimler asks EU antitrust regulators to probe Nokia patents

Reuters, here. 

FTC Will Meet State Attorney Generals To Discuss Facebook and Google

Bloomberg, here.

67th ABA Antitrust Law Spring Meeting

MLex, Here.

Data sharing as pro-competition policy tool

Die Facebook-Entscheidung zum Nachlesen

Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

Wir Nutzerinnen sind der Kadaver

Matrix, heute hier. 

Apple Card raises pressure on banks — and fintechs

Payments Source, here. 

The Legal Challenges of the Data Economy

Conference, video here.
Randy Picker's presentation at 5:34:04, his slides are here. 

BBC pulls its podcasts from Google Podcasts and Assistant

The Verge, here. 

Skepsis bei EU-Ministererlaubnis

WiWo, hier. 

Consumer Data Right Draft Rules

ACCC, here. 

How big tech designs its own rules of ethics to avoid scrutiny and accountability

D. Watts, here. 

Conference report: “Can robots invent and create? A dialogue between Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property”

IPKitten, here. 

Reuse policy: a study on available reuse implementing instruments and licensing considerations

 Central IP Service of the European Commission, here. 

How Facebook grew too big to handle

FT, here. 

Shoshana Zuboff on surveillance capitalism

The Verge, here. 

IAB Submits Comments on the California Consumer Privacy Act to the California Attorney General

IAB, here. 

Apple’s new credit card means the tech giant is now battling the same banks that built Apple Pay

Recode, here. 

The Apple Card is a perfect example of Apple’s post-iPhone strategy

The Verge, here. 

Apple wants investors to focus on its services business. Regulators may, too

CNN, here. 

Google rival wants more details about Google's Android proposal

Reuters, here. 

The Global Governance of Online Consumer Protection and E-commerce

I. Lianos et al., here. 

The Machine As Author

D. Gervais, here. 

European Commission fines Nike €12.5 million for restricting cross-border sales of merchandising products

Press release, here. 

Digital Competition Expert Panel recommendations – CMA view

Here. 

Big tech faces competition and privacy concerns in Brussels

The Economist, here. 

UNLOCKING VALUE WITH CONSUMER DATA RIGHTS RULES

Accenture, here. 

Planet49: AG's Opinion

Here. 

Uber drivers demand their data

The Economist, here (and here).

Innovation mapping now

Nesta, here. 

Introduction to the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation

CDEI, here. 

Use of personal data in online advertising

Report for the ICO, here. 

Amazon Pay inks Worldpay integration as it branches out in the wider world of e-commerce

TechCrunch, here. 

Kaspersky Lab files antitrust complaint over iOS Screen Time

The Verge, here. 

European Commission fines Google €1.49 billion for abusive practices in online advertising

Here. 

Is Brave The Next Chrome?

Nasdaq, here. 

Third EU Google decision announced today

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Google overhauls European search results to avoid probe

FT, here. 

Open banking explored in Canada

Law Times, here.
Consultation document here. 

“I have HIV, now what?” Tracking cookies found on NHS advice pages

Newstatesman, here. 

Supporting choice and competition in Europe

Google, here.

Instagram launches shopping checkout, charging sellers a fee

TechCrunch, here. 

Competition Law & Tech - A New Approach

O. Bethel, here. 

Most Amazon Brands Are Duds, Not Disrupters, Study Finds

Bloomberg, here.
Unclear who paid for this study.

Amazon Private Label Brands

MarketplacePulse, here. 

The Case for Investigating Facebook

D. Cicilline, here.

Letter to the FTC here.

Dealing with power in a brave new world: economy, technology and human rights

M. Vestager, here. 

FIS Buys Worldpay For $35 Billion As Payment Consolidation Heats Up

Forbes, here. 

Google Changes How It Displays Ads in Bid to Please EU

Bloomberg, here. 

Les abus de dépendance économique seront davantage sanctionnés

Lecho.be, ici. 

An Analysis of Pre-installed Android Software

J. Gamba et al., here. 

Google's Display Advertising Stack (simplified)

Why are fintechs getting a regulatory pass?

American Banker, here. 

Tech: economists wanted

AEA, here. The article is here.

Argumente gegen ein Leistungsschutzrecht für Presseverleger

MPI for Innovation and Competition, hier. 

"Wir brauchen einen faireren globalen Wettbewerb"

Der Tagesspiegel, hier. 

EU Industrial Policy After Siemens-Alstom

EPSC, here. 

The Cambridge Analytica scandal changed the world – but it didn't change Facebook

The Guardian, here. 

Tech investors include #MeToo clauses in start-up deals

FT, here. 

Margethe Vestager on Recode Decode

Recode Decode, here. 

Germany's Competition Agency Cracks Down On Facebook: But Is Antitrust The Right Tool For The Job?

Forbes, here. 

Das schlaue Örtchen – Die Toilette wird Hightech- und Designerprodukt

Heise.de, hier. 

ACM to complete market study into mobile app stores in April

ACM, here. 

Margrethe Vestager to hit Google with another fine

FT, here. 

PSD2: Banken müssen Drittanbieter-APIs für Testphase freigeben

Heise.de, hier.

Trusting in Antitrust: Actions Against Big Tech Are Now Palatable

NYTimes, here. 

Platforms and the Rule of Reason: The American Express Case

H. Hovenkamp, here. 

EU citizens being tracked on sensitive government sites

FT, here. 

Antitrust and Silicon Valley: New Themes and Direction in Competition Law and Policy

Santa Clara University, Schedule and Video.

A Brief History of "Silicon Valley Antitrust" from 3:33:05.

Monopolization and the Problems of Dominance and Anti-competitive Performance from 5:41:50.

Facebook’s Biblically Bad Week

K. Swisher, here. 

Apple responds to Spotify with words, but no real answers

Charged, here. 

Break up Google, says News Corp

InnovationAus.com, here. 

Apple Defends App Store Policies After Spotify’s Antitrust Complaint

NYTimes, here. 

Antitrust Limits on Startup Acquisitions

K. Bryan, E. Hovenkamp, here. 

GDPR and AdTech with Brave

The Capitol Forum, here. 

Addressing Spotify’s claims

Apple, here. 

Investment platforms market study: Consultation Paper

FCA, here. 

Furman Review: Access to data is a new tool against monopoly

ODI, here.

Competition and Europe’s digital future

M. Vestager, here. 

How big data really fits into lending

FT, here. 

Google has quietly added DuckDuckGo as a search engine option for Chrome users

TechCrunch, here. 

UK competition regulator to examine digital advertising

FT, here. 

ACCC Preliminary report submissions: selected extracts and key points

NewsMediaWorks, here. 

Competition policy must change to help startups fight ‘winner takes all’ platforms, says UK report

TechCrunch, here. 

Spotify files EU antitrust complaint against Apple

Reuters, here.
See also here.

CMA welcomes Furman Review recommendations

CMA, here.
Furman Review here. 

Amazon, MFNs, and Second-Best Antitrust

R. Woodcock, here. 

Why regulation needs an overhaul

Nesta, here. 

Calling on Apple and Google to improve information on personal data in their app stores

Forbrukertilsynet, here. 

Google Gets Serious On Travel Bookings

AdExchanger, here. 

WILL DELIVEROO AND UBER BE CAPTURED BY THE PROPOSED EU PLATFORM REGULATION? YOU’D BETTER WATCH OUT…

P. van Cleynenbreugel, here. 

Amazon to end price practice critics said could violate antitrust law

Axios, here. 

Digital Conglomerates and EU Competition Policy

Cerre.eu, here. 

HEARING ON “LOWERING THE COST OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS: REDUCING BARRIERS TO MARKET COMPETITION”

Video, here. 

Technology vs. trust: Why this Wharton professor thinks blockchain’s time is yet to come

The Inquirer, here. 

Mark Zuckerberg announces his firm’s next business model

The Economist, here. 

Four possible loopholes in the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA)

Brave, here. 

Hearing on Exploring the Effects of Consolidation and Anticompetitive Conduct in Health Care Markets

Video here. 

Since when is Apple owning the App Store a problem?

J. Gans, here. 

Google Search Dominance Has Businesses Paying for Their Name

Bloomberg, here. 

Beware of the Update Uproar (bit more than one week)

Judge Opens the Door to More Compensation for College Athletes

NYTimes, here.

Regulating in a digital world

House of Lords, Oral and Written Evidence here ; Report here.
Yep, came out on a Saturday.

OSS AND FRAND: COMPLEMENTARY MODELS FOR INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

V. Lindberg, here. 

When breaking up makes no sense

J. Gans, here. 

Here’s how we can break up Big Tech

E. Warren, here. 

This could be the beginning of the end for Facebook’s social network

Recode, here. 

Zuckerberg’s new privacy essay shows why Facebook needs to be broken up

MIT Technology Review, here. 

FCO Facebook Quadriptych

V. Robertson, A. Burnside, D. Auer, R. Nazzini, here. 

Cookie walls don’t comply with GDPR, says Dutch DPA

TechCrunch, here. 

12 women shaping AI

Nesta, here. 

The Servant Economy

The Atlantic, here. 

Data Trusts

K. O'Hara, here. 

‘The industry has to hit the reset button’: Advertisers’ annual gathering sees new solutions to old problems

DigiDay UK, here. 

SCALABILITY, INTEROPERABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF BLOCKCHAINS

The European Union Blockchain Observatory & Forum, here. 

The Limits of Ethical A.I

J. Ito, Video here. 

What does the world look like to AI?

The Verge, here. 

EC accepts commitments by Disney, NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros. and Sky on cross-border pay-TV services

EC Press Release, here. 

How and why consumers buy cryptoassets

A Report for the FCA, here. 

Trump’s Big Tech Bluster

Open Markets Institute, here. 

German fintech Raisin buys bank

FinExtra, here. 

The political economy of Facebook’s platformization in the mobile ecosystem: Facebook Messenger as a platform instance

D. Nieborg, A. Helmond, here. 

The case against Amazon

Politico.eu, here. 

Facebook’s pivot to privacy has huge implications — if it’s real

The Verge, here. See also here.
Some more background, perhaps: here.

Mexican central bank in talks with Amazon about new mobile payments

Reuters, here. 

Just desserts: CADE fines company for exclusivity practices in ice cream market

ILO, here. 

Autokonzerne sahen Dieselkrise kommen – „Ohne Bescheißen werden wir es nicht schaffen“

Handelsblatt, hier. 

RPT-Indian central bank fines 19 lenders for non-compliance on SWIFT use

Reuters, here. 

Companies Falsely Labeled Products ‘Made in U.S.A.’ Their Financial Penalty? $0.

NYTimes, here. 

ACCESS TO CASH REVIEW

Here. 

False negatives' recalibration

D. Malamed, here. 

Binge-Bying and the Rest

J. Kwoka, here. 

COMESA Competition Commission Closes Investigation into Resale Price Maintenance in the Distribution Agreements between Coca-Cola Beverages Africa Proprietary Limited and its Distributors

COMESA, here. 

Who’s Really Winning the Direct Booking Wars Between Hotels and Online Travel Agencies?

Skift, here. 

Missing Link: KI - die Künstlichen Idioten des digitalen Kapitalismus

Heise.de, hier.

Autokonzerne suchen Heil in Koalitionen

StN.de, hier. 

The State of AI 2019: Divergence

MMC Ventures, here. 

El poder popular i la ciutat

F. Bria, Video here.

"Industriepolitik der Bundesregierung würde deutsche Exportunternehmen gefährden"

M. FRATZSCHER, T. DUSO, hier.

Platforms, American Express, and the Problem of Complexity in Antitrust

C. Sagers, here. 

Audizione della Commissaria europea per la Concorrenza, Margrethe Vestager

Documentazione per le Commissioni, qui.  

10 Ans Autorité de la concurrence: Félicitations!

"La" Conférence ici en direct

Global Data Privacy: The EU Way

P. Schwartz, here. 

Unfair Disruption

M. Lemley, M. McKenna, here. 

Exclusionary Conduct in Data-Driven Markets: Limitations of Data Sharing Remedy

V. Kathuria, J. Globocnik, here. 

Is Ethical A.I. Even Possible?

NYTimes, here. 

Theranos: How a broken patent system sustained its decade-long deception

ArsTechnica, here. 

Google rejects ACCC's calls to have tougher scrutiny over Australian operations

ZDNet, here.
And the other submissions here. 

Keep Politics Out of Europe’s Competition Decisions

J. Tirole, P. Rey, here. 

Does America Have a Monopoly Problem?: Examining Concentration and Competition in the US Economy

Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, Tuesday, March 5, 2019, 8:30 PM CET, Live broadcast here.

Here are the data brokers quietly buying and selling your personal information

FastCompany, here. 

Amazon Strategy Teardown

CB Insights, here. 

The Role of Antitrust Law When Mergers Threaten Consumer Privacy

New America, here. 

When will Amazon launch its bank?

TheFinanser, here. 

The Making of the Fox News White House

The New Yorker, here. 

Senior Democrat suggests ‘Glass-Steagall’ law for tech companies

FT, here. 

NAOMI KLEIN AND SHOSHANA ZUBOFF ON THE RISE OF SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM

The Intercept, here.

Les marchés bifaces saisis par le droit de la concurrence: Réflexions sur la décision Android de la Commission européenne

F. Marty, ici.

When Britain chose Europe

FT, here.

You can track everything’: the parents who digitise their babies’ lives

The Guardian, here.

Antitrust by Design – Kartellrechtliche Technik-Compliance für Algorithmen, Blockchain und Plattformen?

S. Louven, hier.

What alchemy and astrology can teach artificial intelligence researchers

B. Shneiderman, here.

China bans 23m from buying travel tickets as part of 'social credit' system

The Guardian, here.

Is DNA Left on Envelopes Fair Game for Testing?

The Atlantic, here.

Age of Surveillance Capitalism: “We Thought We Were Searching Google, But Google Was Searching Us”

Democracy Now, Video here. 

The Fintech Revolution Is Here. Can It Help Build A Better Economy?

Forbes, here.

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. 

Complements and/or substitutes? The competitive dynamics between news publishers and digital platforms and what it means for competition policy

D. Geradin, here. 

Apple could be working with Goldman Sachs on a credit card

TechCrunch, here. 

Tackling Online Harms

Tech UK, here. 

Even the IAB warned adtech risks EU privacy rules

TechCrunch, here. 

European data protection and freedom of expression after Buivids: an increasingly significant tension

European Law Blog, here. 

FCA issues its first decision under competition law

FCA, here. 

Avis n° 19-A-04 du 21 février 2019 relatif à une demande d’avis de la commission des Affaires culturelles et de l’Éducation de l’Assemblée nationale dans le secteur de l’audiovisuel

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

Competition policy and European firms’ competitiveness

M. Motta, M. Peitz, here. 

New evidence to regulators: IAB documents reveal that it knew that real-time bidding would be “incompatible with consent under GDPR”

Fix adtech, here. 

London and Brussels make the case for competition

FT, here. 

At Harvard Law, Zittrain and Zuckerberg discuss encryption, ‘information fiduciaries’ and targeted advertisements

Harvard Law Today, here. 

ICO regulatory sandbox

ICO, here. 

EU's Vestager says not precluding Facebook case in future

Reuters, here. 

High-tech toilet seat monitors your heart as you sit on the can

ArsTechnica, here. 

Shoshana again, this time with Kara

Recode, Audio here.

Kara asks: "I know they are sneaky bastards...What do we do?"

2019 Draft commentaries on 6 articles of the GDPR

C. Kuner et al., here.

Google says the built-in microphone it never told Nest users about was 'never supposed to be a secret'

Business Insider, here. 

Privacy activists say online ad industry knowingly violated GDPR

Mashable, here. 

Why a focus on "fake news" and Facebook misses the internet's real problems - and solutions

OpenDemocracy, here. 

Vanguard of the Techlash: Will antitrust offer a way forward?

Yelp's event, video here. 

Amazon’s Winner-Take-All Approach to Small Business

Bloomberg, here.

France, Germany Seek Veto for EU Governments on Antitrust Cases

NYTimes, here.

Artificial intelligence: challenges for the financial sector

ACPR, here. 

Bradesco cierra cuentas a operadoras de criptomonedas locales

CPI, aqui.

Once hailed as unhackable, blockchains are now getting hacked

Technology Review, here.

Cinco euros al mes para Bankia si no cedes tus datos: "Es una barbaridad, se saltan la ley"

El Confidential, aquí.

Fintech for the people

B. Cœuré, here. 

Social networks to become liable for content on their platforms under government plans

Sky, here.

Putting Technology to Good Use: The Role of Corporate, Competition, and Tax Law

J. Armour et tres viri, hic. 

Google 12.11.18 Hearing QFR Responses

Here.

Google partially backtracks on Chrome changes that would break ad blockers

ArsTechnica, here. 

Der Finanzminister grübelt über die Blockchain

FAZ, hier.

Discrimination in the Age of Algorithms

J. Kleinberg et al., here.

Data Trusts and other shaggy dog shortcuts

Mydex, here.

Real-time bidding and the GDPR

J. Ryan, here.

Darkening of the digital dream

The Hindu Business Line, here.

IMMEDIATE PAYMENTS CATALYSING CHANGE AND INNOVATION IN THE NORDICS

FinExtra, here. 

UK says Huawei is manageable risk to 5G

FT, here. 

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.