Thursday, May 23, 2019

The FTC’s Big Tech Revolving Door Problem

Public Citizen, here.


<= from 1:12 ICYMI (pure genius)

From David to Makan

Letter, here

Google faces first investigation by its European lead authority for “suspected infringement” of the GDPR

Brave, here

The start-ups building ‘dark kitchens’ for Uber Eats and Deliveroo

FT, here

Canada announces Digital Charter, promises serious fines to business for not protecting privacy

IT World Canada, here

India antitrust probe finds Monsanto abused dominant position

Reuters, here

OECD Principles on AI

OECD, here

N26 under fire from BaFin over money laundering failures

FinExtra, here

How Silicon Valley gamed Europe’s privacy rules

Politico.eu, here

Apple pledges clearer information on iPhone performance

Gov.UK, here

Irish regulator opens first privacy probe into Google

Reuters, here

Protecting Competition in the American Economy: Merger Control, Tech Titans, Labor Markets*

C. Shapiro, here

Female voice assistants fuel damaging gender stereotypes, says a UN study

MIT Technology Review, here

Open Banking hobbled by outages

FinExtra, here

Drug firms accused of illegal market sharing over anti-nausea tablets

CMA, here

Speaking points on the occasion of the first anniversary of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

V. Jourová, here

GitHub launches Sponsors, lets you pay your favorite open source contributors

TechCrunch, here

The radical plan to change how Harvard teaches economics

VOX, here

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

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

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

Friday, May 17, 2019

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

Thursday, May 16, 2019

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

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

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

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

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

Monday, May 13, 2019

Chris Hughes on The Daily Podcast

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. 

Saturday, May 11, 2019

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.  

Friday, May 10, 2019

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

Antitrust Reading List Proposed by Chris Hughes

Here. And more suggestions here

Mark Zuckerberg has to go. Here are 25 reasons why

The Guardian, here

The German Facebook Antitrust Case Viewed from Brussels?

M. Vestager, here.

Asnef-Equifax is an "interesting" ruling, to be understood in the specific context of the case. My impression is that EU judges would be willing to view things differently today...

Dublin-based Ion Group in talks to buy Mergermarket owner

FT, here

Fintech and Blockchain: Where Silicon Alley Meets Hyperconverged Infrastructure

BankInnovation.net, here

2019 Explainable Artificial Intelligence: Can We Hold Machines Accountable?

Silicon Flatirons Conference, Videos here

GOOGLE’S NEW PRIVACY FEATURES PUT THE RESPONSIBILITY ON USERS

Wired, here

Expedia Under Investigation by Utah Over Hotel Collusion Claims

D. McLaughlin, here.

Not the first time that Expedia and TravelPass lock horns, here

Thursday, May 09, 2019

2019 ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION CONFERENCE - DIGITAL PLATFORMS, MARKETS, AND DEMOCRACY: A PATH FORWARD

Stigler Center, 15-16 May 2019,  here. Live streaming!

Regulating Facebook and Google Pt 1: Markets

Capitalisn't Podcast, here

Japan's 'information banks' to let users cash in on personal data

Nikkei, here

Deep Dive into Real-Time Bidding (RTB)

R. van Eijk, Video here

Zuboff's book everywhere

My provisional take (but sadly no Ascola paper on the topic - max one individual paper pp - but apparently *two* co-authored papers are fine), here

Essential California: Why San Francisco banned cashless stores

LATimes, here

Automating Society: Taking Stock of Automated Decision-Making in the EU

AlgorithmWatch in cooperation with Bertelsmann Stiftung, supported by the Open Society Foundations, here.

Evaluating the EC Private Data Sharing Principles

B. Gonzalez Otero, here

A FRAND Regime for Dominant Digital Platforms

M. Heim, I. Nicolic, here

Exploring the Interfaces Between Big Data and Intellectual Property Law

D. Gervais, here

It’s Time to Break Up Facebook

NyTimes, here

2. Öffentliche Sitzung der Datenethikkommission

Live-Stream hier

Tencent and Alibaba granted licences to offer Hong Kong banking

FT, here

Establishing the rules for building trustworthy AI

L. Floridi, here

Ethically Aligned Design

IEEE, here

Decade in the Red: Trump Tax Figures Show Over $1 Billion in Business Losses

NYTimes, here

Wednesday, May 08, 2019

Microsoft, Starbucks Team On AI-Powered Predictive Orders

Pymnts.com, here

How Digital Platforms Have Become Double-Edged Swords

MIT Sloan MR, here

Consumers as prey for AI

Competition Lore Podcast, here

Accountability without liability: ‘to whom’ and ‘with what consequences’? (Questions for the 2019 OECD privacy Guidelines review)

G. Greenleaf, here

Competitive Edge: Principles and presumptions for U.S. vertical merger enforcement policy

J. Baker, N. Rose, S. Salop, F. Scott Morton, here

Facebook stops blocking some blockchain ads

TechCrunch, here

ASCOLA 2019 Aix-en-Provence Faculty of Law

HEARING ON “OVERSIGHT OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION: STRENGTHENING PROTECTIONS FOR AMERICANS’ PRIVACY AND DATA SECURITY”

Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, Hearing on Wednesday, May 8, 2019, live now here.

Is competition enough? Competition for consumers, on behalf of consumers.

A. Tyrie, here.

Google Face Match brings privacy debate into the home

FT, here

Facebook has hired several former PayPal employees for its mysterious blockchain project.

Bloomberg, here.

M.B., for you...

Facebook picks London as base for WhatsApp push into payments

FT, here

The Case for the Digital Platform Act: Market Structure and Regulation of Digital Platforms

H. Feld, here

Privacy Rights and Data Collection in a Digital Economy

US Senate Committee Hearing, here

ACCESO DE APLICACIONES A LA PANTALLA EN DISPOSITIVOS ANDROID

AEPD, aquì.

CONTROL DEL USUARIO EN LA PERSONALIZACIÓN DE ANUNCIOS EN ANDROID

AEDP, aquì.

The Data Mobility Sandbox and a peek at the future of personal data

Digi.me, here

Fairness and Competitiveness in a Digitised World

M. Vestager, Live streaming, today 12:30 re:publica 2019, here

Free translation: L'Europa non è perfetta ma è una figata di inizio. (warning: strong language)


Tuesday, May 07, 2019

IAB internet advertising revenue report

IAB, here

The creeping threat of facial recognition

FastCompany, here

Android now has 2.5B users

TechCrunch, here

How can more people benefit from the knowledge economy?

Future curious, Podcast here.
Nesta, Imagination unleashed: Democratising the knowledge economy here.
Roberto Unger's book here.
OECD Discussion here

Weighing the value of data – trade-offs, transparency and competition in the digital marketplace

R. Finer, here

AI in law enforcement needs clear oversight

FT, here

Intellectual Property and the Price of Prescription Drugs: Balancing Innovation and Competition

Senate Judiciary Committee, Hearing here. With the great Prof. Michael Carrier. 

On the Algorithmic Accountability Act - Opinion

M. Kaminski, A. Selbst, hier

THE EUROPEAN UNION: A PEOPLE-CENTRED AGENDA: SECTION 12

OECD, here

Big Tech im Check

Video hier

Review of Online Targeting

Centre for Data Ethics and Innovationhere.

Review on Bias in Algorithmic Decision Making

Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation, here

Automated Decision-Making in the EU Member States Laws: The Right to Explanation and Other 'Suitable Safeguards'

G. Malgieri, here

Big Tech Is Spying on Your Wallet

WashingtonMonthly, here.

Sanders Calls for Breaking Up Big Agriculture Monopolies

NYTimes, here

Tristan Harris says tech is “downgrading” humanity — but we can fix it

Recode, Podcast here

Administration by Algorithm? Public Management Meets Public Sector Machine Learning

M. Veale, I. Brass, here

Bergen Competition Policy Conference 2019

Video recordings and slides here

Bitkom warnt vor bedingungsloser Datenweitergabe

Golem, hier

Alex Rosenblat on the cultural impact and influence of Uber

The Rideshareguy, Podcast here

New report calls out failing Open Banking API services

FinExtra, here

Monday, May 06, 2019

First Draft! A pro-competition data sandbox for the digital world

S. Vezzoso (this blog's author), here.

Comments would be great, please write to simonetta.vezzoso@unitn.it, many thanks!

Thursday, May 02, 2019

Life Fitness’s Advertising Platform Brings Programmatic Ads to the Gym

AdWeek, here

A Conspiracy To Kill IE6

C. Zacharias, here

AI and Education

Interview with T. Escrig, here

Ireland's Data Protection Commission opens statutory inquiry into Quantcast International Limited

Here.
For more info here

In praise of antitrust compliance programs

M. Delrahim, here (who among us @WavesBlog Readers wouldn't join in?).

Peloton Fires Back At Music Publishers With Antitrust Allegations

Forbes, here

Zuckerberg's privacy joke

Here

The Antitrust Case Against Facebook

D. Srinivasan, here

Facebook opens its data to academics for first time

FT, here

The economics of the security of consumer-grade IoT products and services

Internet society, here

KEY DRIVERS, EMERGING TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN CORPORATE BANKING

FinExtra/Oracle, here

Beware of 'Algorithmic Regulation'

S. Delacroix, here

The new division of labor

Deloitte, here

Economic Measurement of AI

K. McElheran, here

A look at the proposed Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2019

iapp, here

AAI Interview With Antitrust Expert Jonathan Baker – A Preview of His Forthcoming Book: The Antitrust Paradigm

AAI, here

Facebook Is Turning Instagram Into The New Facebook

BuzzFeedNews, here

Concerns Over Privacy and Security Contribute to Consumer Distrust in Connected Devices

Internet Society, here

Kenya Signs $665.4m Deal With China For Konza Data Centre And Smart City Plan

Data-economy, here

Ausschluss von Vergabeverfahren: Gleiss-Mandantin Daimler und andere Kartellanten unter Druck

Juve.de, hier

WILL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ENHANCE OR HACK HUMANITY?

Wired, here

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

A doorbell company owned by Amazon wants to start producing “crime news” and it’ll definitely end well

NiemanLab, here

Whistleblowers: Company at heart of 97,000% drug price hike bribed doctors to boost sales

CNN, here

UK competition regulator approves $2.2bn PayPal-iZettle deal

FT, here. See also here and here and the whole decision here

What can the first blockchain antitrust case teach us about the crypto-economy?

K. Stylianou, here.

Live comments here

The once-hot robotics startup Anki is shutting down after raising more than $200 million

Recode, here

According to Advocate General Szupunar a service such as that provided by the AIRBNB portal constitutes an information society service

CJEU, Case C-390/18, here

The Schweitzer Review















Achat de crypto-monnaies: compte bloqué par une banque

Ici.

No-Fault Digital Platform Monopolization

M. Lao, here

Facebook accused of blocking wider efforts to study its ad platform

TechCrunch, here

Financial Data Aggregation e Account Information Services

Consob, qui

Facebook, Google are not publishers, says US anti-trust expert

Financial Review, here

Monday, April 29, 2019

Dynamic Competition in Dynamic Markets - A Path Forward

Conference, Live Stream (00:30 AM, 30 April 2019), here.  

Datenschutz-Aufsicht: Nutzung von Drohnen rechtlich "in der Regel nicht möglich"

Heise.de, hier

AI and decision making in organizations

D. Bouiller, Video here

Mastercard and Visa to slash inter-regional fees for tourist cards in EU

FinExtra, here

The impact and effectiveness of Innovate

FCA, here

Deeds not words: the next stage of the FCA’s innovation journey

C. Woolard, here

Werbebetrug mit Apps: Google wirft Hersteller aus Play Store

Heise.de, hier

New institutions are needed for the digital age

J. Tennison, FT, here

Friday, April 26, 2019

Barley unterstützt Vestager-Vorstoß gegen Digitalkonzerne

Hasepost.de, hier

Are (US) regulators out of ideas when it comes to Facebook’s unprecedented power and reach?

NYTimes, here

Regulators Around the World Are Circling Facebook

NYTimes, here.

Not hard to figure out who the dissenting FTC member might be.

Put Another Zero on Facebook’s Fine. Then We Can Talk.

K. Swisher, here

Some Amazon Sellers Are Paying $10,000 A Month To Trick Their Way To The Top

BuzzFeedNews, here

Facebook says it filed a US lawsuit to shut down a follower-buying service in New Zealand

TechCrunch, here

How Google treats Meredith Whittaker is important to potential AI whistleblowers

Venture Beat, here

Pons und Langenscheidt dürfen fusionieren

FAZ, hier (und hier).

EU-Wettbewerbskommissarin Vestager will Macht der Weltkonzerne neu regulieren

Handelsblatt, hier

Thursday, April 25, 2019

Amazon's Alexa Team Can Access Users' Home Addresses

Bloomberg, here

TAKING THE LEAD IN ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT: EVALUATING INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY

G. Gürkaynak, here

THE BRAVE BROWSER WILL PAY YOU TO SURF THE WEB

Wired, here

JD.com says putting chickens on the blockchain was great for business

TNW, here

Canada: Privacy Investigation of Facebook

Here

What is machine learning and why should I care?

CJR.org, here

Telematik-Versicherung: Ein Algorithmus entscheidet, wer sicher fährt

Netzpolitik.ord, hier

As Amazon Gets Bigger, Sellers Feel the Squeeze

Decrypted, Podcast here

Walmart unveils an A.I.-powered store of the future, now open to the public

TechCrunch, here

What has the EU ever done for us?

          Here


   "Oooh - peace...Shut up!"

La CNMC lanza una consulta pública sobre la publicidad online en España

Aquì

Accenture sued over website redesign so bad it Hertz: Car hire biz demands $32m+ for 'defective' cyber-revamp

The Register, here.  See also here.

Tesla plans to launch an insurance product ‘in about a month’

TechCrunch, here

Slapping Facebook's Wrist


Labor AI centre set for Melbourne

Innovationaus.com, here

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

FTC Charges Surescripts with Illegal Monopolization of E-Prescription Markets

Here

Digital Health Data and Information Sharing: A New Frontier for Health Care Competition?

J. Adler-Milstein, M. Gaynor, here

Warren v. Amazon on Twitter

Thread Here.

From the Dark Side to the Bright Side: Exploring Algorithmic Antitrust Compliance

A. Deng, here

Monopolkommission empfiehlt, die von Miba und Zollern beantragte Ministererlaubnis nicht zu erteilen

Stellungnahme, hier

Just like that

HT @UGambini

Apple muss Erben Zugang zu iCloud-Account eines Verstorbenen gewähren

Spiegel Online, hier

Brazil's antitrust watchdog probing banks over competition hurdles to fintech

Reuters, here. Nota técnica aqui

Nicknames come with the job

M. Vestager, Video here

Will Netflix eventually monetize its user data?

J. Mittell, here

THE DISTINCTIVE DNA OF EU ANTITRUST?

A. Ezrachi on CompetitionLore, here

One Country Blocks the World on Data Privacy

Politico EU, here

Building an AI workforce

A. Ng, Podcast here

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

TechCrunch, here

Shaping Choices in the Digital World

LINC, here

Google to suggest 10 browser and search engine alternatives for Android users in Europe

Venture Beat, here

BEUC calls for a cross-institutional scrutiny of Facebook’s data practices

BEUC, here

Broadband firms and government to hold talks over Google Chrome update

The Drum, here

Understanding the development of contemporary economics through major controversies : syllabus, lecture summaries and reflections

B. Cherrier, here

Event Recap: European AI Strategies

Center for Data Innovation, here

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

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

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.  

Thursday, April 11, 2019

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

Monday, April 08, 2019

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

Friday, March 29, 2019

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