Exit through the App Store?

Ada Lovelace Institute, here. 

Will Covid-19 set the stage for new mergers in the digital world? Time for antitrust authorities to lend special attention to the role of data.

M. Schäfer, here. 

Facebook and Google to face mandatory code of conduct to 'level playing field' with traditional news media

ABC, here. 

Facebook and Google to be forced to share advertising revenue with Australian media companies

The Guardian, here. 

Life in the era of COVID-19

N. Modi, here. 

Apple and Google joint initiative on COVID-19 contact tracing technology

ICO, here. 

SALVIAMO I DATI ECONOMICI DAL COVID-19

Banca d'Italia, qui. 

Privacy-Protective Contact Tracing Depends on More Than an API

PublicKnowledge, here. 

Vestager: It’s not a choice between fighting the virus and protecting privacy

Euractiv, here. 

Facebook ändert Pläne für Libra

FAZ, hier. 

A Post-COVID-19 Digital Bretton Woods

R. Medhora, T. Owen, here. 

CMA provisionally clears Amazon’s investment in Deliveroo

CMA, here. Decision here. 

Lecturers condemn Durham University's plan to shift degrees online

The Guardian, here. 

Widerstandsfähiger durch mehr Technik!

Digitec, Podcast hier.

An Investigation Into PEPP-PT

N. Kobeissi, here. 

Ola opens its tech platform to Indian government to combat coronavirus crisis #BigTrackTech

TechCrunch, here. 

Les réseaux comme bien commun

S. Soriano, ici. 

Immuni: Ordinanza relativa alla stipula del contratto

Qui.

Guidance on Apps supporting the fight against COVID 19 pandemic in relation to data protection

EC, here. 

Principles for Technology-Assisted Contact-Tracing

ACLU, here. 

National Artificial Intelligence Strategies and Human Rights: A Review

Global Partners Digital, here. 

Antitrust Remedies and Dynamic Industries

P. Weiser, Zoom recording here (pw T4?!?=#c ) 

Facebook-Backed Libra Cryptocurrency Project Is Scaled Back

NYTimes, hier.
libra White Paper • v2.0 • From the Libra Association Members, here. 

COMMISSION CRACKS DOWN ON EXCESSIVE PRICING

CC, here. 

Institutional Design Issues and Policy Challenges

M. Berry, here (home made pdf here). 

Innovation Considerations in Horizontal Merger Control

I. Kokkoris, T. Valletti, here. 

Our Beloved EU Queen: "I think that it is very, very important that we're vigilant"

Bloomberg, here. 

Mobile applications to support contact tracing in the EU’s fight against COVID-19

EU eHealth Network, here. 

The Impact of Unfair Commercial Practices on Competition in the EU Passenger Transport Sector, in particular Air Transport

Study for the EP, here. 

Berliner Datenschutzaufsicht: Stellungnahme und Checkliste zum Datenschutz bei Videokonferenzen

Reuschlaw, hier. 

Ordoliberalism 2.0: Towards a New Regulatory Policy for the Information Age

M. Wörsdörfer, here.

(I actually forgot how viscerally ordoliberal I'm) ⇒ the 4th Chapter is so refreshing.

AI Breakfasts: Covid-19 - Myths and realities of tracking applications

Now, here. 

First #AntitrustTeaBreak

Thibault's paper here.
Zoom's invite here.

🦠 digcomp silver linings

Interoperability between OSs           ✅

Android forking issues                     ✅

Murky Amazon's dual role               ✅ (F)

App stores' regulatory oversight      ✅

When Google and Apple get privacy right, is there still something wrong?

T. Sharon, here. 

DATENTEILUNG & DATENZUGANG – WELCHE LÖSUNGEN BRAUCHEN WIR?

DatenDialog mit Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, am 16. April 2020 von 16:00 - 17:00 Uhr, hier. 

GSK and Sanofi join forces to work on coronavirus vaccine

The Guardian, here. 

Apple & Google Partner to Promote Coronavirus Contact Tracing. Should You be Worried?

The Radical AI Podcast, here (from 4:25).
The quoted "Long tail of contact tracing" here. 

Will the Pandemic Usher in an Era of Mass Surveillance in Higher Education?

Chronicle, here. 

THE STATE OF ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT AND COMPETITION POLICY IN THE U.S.

AAI, here. 

Letter concerning the European Commission's draft Guidance on apps supporting the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic

EDPB, here. 

Proceeding against Sky and DAZN discontinued – Award procedure relating to Champions League broadcasting rights

Corona Dump "Valley of Ashes" (Great Gatsby)

Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

JOINT ANTITRUST STATEMENT REGARDING COVID-19 AND COMPETITION IN LABOR MARKETS

FTC, DOJ, here. 

Europe Must Take Urgent Copyright Law Action To Support Distance Learning & Research During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Liber, here. 

Amazon condamné à ne plus livrer que les produits alimentaires, médicaux et d’hygiène

Le Parisien, ici. 

Grubhub, DoorDash, Postmates, Uber Eats are sued over restaurant prices amid pandemic

Reuters, here. 

Wie weit dürfen Wettbewerber in der Krise kooperieren? – Kartellamtschef warnt vor Preisabsprachen

Handelsblatt, hier.

Will Google’s and Apple’s COVID Tracking Plan Protect Privacy?

J. Angwin, here. 

Payment aspects of financial inclusion in the fintech era

BIS, World Bank Group, here. 

Web of Things ist offizieller W3C-Standard

Heise.de, hier. 

Datenschutz-Folgenabschätzung für die Corona-App

FIfF, hier. 

Libra: A Concentrate of "Blockchain Antitrust"

T. Schrepel, here. 

There will be no 'back to normal'

Nesta, here. 

A letter to Prime Minister Rutte & Co on COVID-19 tracking- and tracing app and healt happ

Here. 

Give more data, awareness and control to individual citizens, and they will help COVID-19 containment

M. Nanni et al., here. 

U.S. v. Sabre Decision Is Wrong About Platform Markets

Public Knowledge, here. 

#AntitrustTeaBreak coming on Zoom (Zum Zum Zum) - soon!

Zum Zum Zum

Commission Statement on consulting Member States on proposal to further expand State aid Temporary Framework to recapitalisation measures

EC, here. 

Videokonferenzen und Datenschutz

GDD-Praxishilfe, hier. 

Platform Regulation Done Right

EDRi, here. 

CMA blocks airline booking merger

CMA, here. 

Droits voisins : l’Autorité fait droit aux demandes de mesures conservatoires présentées par les éditeurs de presse et l’AFP

Autorité de la concurrence, ici.
Décision ici. 

New app collects the sounds of COVID-19

University of Cambridge, here. 

Robin Klein: Don’t bail out the startups

Sifted, here. 

How to fight COVID-19 with machine learning

Towards data science, here. 

The Pandemic Feeds Tech Companies’ Power

NYTimes, here.

Competition during and after the COVID-19 Pandemic

ICN, here. 

Answering 8 Privacy Questions About SafeTrace

Enigma, here. 

Privacy Cannot Be a Casualty of the Coronavirus

NYTimes Editorial Board, here. 

In many ways, we [in the US] have the worst of all possible worlds

S. Waller, here. 

Uso delle nuove tecnologie e della rete per contrastare l'emergenza epidemiologica da Coronavirus

Garante per la protezione dei dati personali , qui. 

Europäische Corona-Warn-App soll in zehn Tagen fertig sein

Der Spiegel, hier. 

Coronavirus and the Future of Surveillance

Foreign Affairs, here. 

THE VACCINE RACE IN THE 21ST CENTURY

A. Santos Rutschman, here. 

Corona-Datenspende App: Datenschutzrechtliche Bedenken

EP Mitglied, hier.

Bank of England Discussion Paper on Central Bank Digital Currency

Bank of England, Webinar video here. 

Alipay offers boost to Covid-19-hit Wuhan merchants

FinExtra, here. 

Comment penser l’alternative au capitalisme de plateforme dans une logique de réencastrement polanyien ?

L. Aufrère et al. ici. 

Generic drugmakers win EU okay to cooperate in coronavirus fight

Reuters, here. 

Fair data economy standardisation is proceeding

Sitra, here. 

Intellectual Property Justification for Artificial Intelligence

R. Hilty, J. Hoffmann, S. Scheuerer, here. 

Lax Antitrust Enforcement Has Made America’s Medical Supply Shortages So Much Worse

Slate, here. 

Competition and Risk

D. Bloomfield, here. 

How Tech’s Lobbyists Are Using the Pandemic to Make Gains

NYTimes, here. 

Open letter asking 37 WTO Members to declare themselves eligible to import medicines manufactured under compulsory license in another country, under 31bis of TRIPS Agreement

KEIOnline, here. 

Sabre wins court fight with Justice Dept over Farelogix acquisition

Reuters, here.
Decision here.

ABA Antitrust: Virtual Spring Meeting 💗

Here. 

Commission Recommendation on a common Union toolbox for the use of technology and data to combat and exit from the COVID-19 crisis

EC, here. 

Guidance on allowing limited cooperation among businesses during the coronavirus outbreak

EC, here.
The comfort letter's blessed recipient, here. 

Responses to the CMA interim report

Here. 

Antitrust review at the FTC: staying the course during uncertain times

FTC, here. 

Patents Cannot Impede Canada’s Response to COVID-19 Crisis

CIGI, here. 

10 requirements for the evaluation of "Contact Tracing" apps

CCC, here. 

How Dutch activists got an invasive fraud detection algorithm banned

AlgorithmWatch, here. 

Gurry COVID Letter

Here. 

LEAK: EU in push for digital transformation after COVID-19 crisis

Euractiv, here. 

Here are the side projects fintechs are launching to ease strain of coronavirus

Altfi, here. 

La libre competencia y la peste

F. Irarrázabal, here. 

COVID-19 – implications for consumers and BEUC recommendations for policy responses

BEUC, here. 

EU Digital Solidarity: a call for a pan-European approach against the pandemic

EDPS, Video here. 

EU focuses antitrust probe on Facebook’s online classifieds service

FT, here. 

South Africa: TRIBUNAL DIRECTIVE FOR COVID-19 EXCESSIVE PRICING COMPLAINT REFERRALS

Here.

If we don’t protect small businesses during and after the pandemic, corporate America will swallow them whole

Business Insider, here. 

POWER: Trust and Distrust

E. Fox, here. 

Feds ramp up probe of $2.1B Google-Fitbit deal amid privacy worries

New York Post, here. 

Business Review Letter Under Expedited Procedure for COVID-19 Pandemic Response

DOJ, here.

EU competition law – market definition notice (evaluation): Valuation and Fitness Check Roadmap

EC, here. 

Was kann die geplante Corona-App?

LTO, hier. 

Bonnes pratiques pour les initiatives tech contre le COVID19

Conseil national du numérique, ici.

Hilfe…ist „Zoom“ etwa eine Datenschleuder?

Datenschutz Guru, hier. 

Covid-19: What has Open Banking (ever) Done for "Us"?

Here. 

Amazon Pushes Into Making Video Games, Not Just Streaming Their Play

NYTimes, here. 

Evaluating COVID-19 contact tracing apps? Here are 8 privacy questions we think you should ask.

Computational Privacy Group, here. 

Re-Engineering Humanity in the 21st Century

B. Frischmann, TEDx here. 

Covid-19 Changed How the World Does Science, Together

NYTimes, here. 

The GDPR from a different perspective

M. Gal & O. Aviv, Zoom recording here.

Paper here.

Apple Lets Some Video Apps Sell Shows Without Taking 30% Cut

Bloomberg, here. 

Data and Competition: a General Framework with Applications to Mergers, Market Structure, and Privacy Policy

A. de Cornière, G. Taylor, here.
And at 3 pm Trento Time on Zoom, here.

The Doctrine of Exhaustion in Limbo - Critical Remarks on the CJEU’s Tom Kabinet Ruling

P. Mezei, here. 

Mergers in the Digital Economy

A. Gautier, J. Lamesch, here. 

From Principles to Practice>An interdisciplinary framework to operationalise AI ethics

AIEI Group, here. 

Aus der Krise lernen: Digitale Zivilgesellschaft stärken!

Dgitalezivilgesellschaft.org, hier. 

DPA guidance on COVID-19

iapp, here. 

EU Antitrust Watchdogs Quiz Daimler, Others on Failed Nokia Fee Talks

NYTimes, here.

Apple buys weather app Dark Sky

BBC, here. 

Can Competition Save Lives? The Intersection of COVID-19, Ventilators, and Antitrust Enforcement

AAI, here. 

Restrictions Are Slowing Coronavirus Infections, New Data Suggest

NYTimes, here. 

The Law of Informational Capitalism

A. Kapczynski, here. 

Data To Go: An FTC Workshop on Data Portability

FTC, here (hopefully on Zoom as alternative venue)

Der Handel sucht die Rettung auf Online-Plattformen

FAZ, hier. 

Tim Wu's THE CURSE OF BIGNESS reviewed by Lina Khan

Here. 

Medtronic Shares Ventilation Design Specifications to Accelerate Efforts to Increase Global Ventilator Production

Medtronic, here.
Permissive license here. 

Ventilator Maker’s 2012 Merger Spurs Query From FTC Official (1)

Bloomberg Law, here. 

New York Attorney General Looks Into Zoom’s Privacy Practices

NYTimes, here.

Mylan/Upjohn: Commitments submitted

Competition by Design, Compliance by Design oder Antitrust by Design?

S. Louven, hier. 

Data collaboratives and the COVID-19 pandemic: an interview with Alberto Alemanno

EuroConsumers, here. 

Access to In-Vehicle Data by Third-Party Service Providers: Is there a Market Failure and, if so, How Should it be Addressed?

D. Geradin, here. 

The Competitive Effects of the GDPR

M. Gal, O. Aviv, here. 

Zoom Faces Class Action Lawsuit for Sharing Data with Facebook

Vice, here. 

Hansel and Gretel and the Virus: Privacy Conscious Contact Tracing

J.-H., Hoepman, here. 

Economic Competition in a Time of Crisis

F. Scott Morton, here. 

Financial Operating Systems

Zetzsche et al., here. 

On the scope and limits of antitrust when it comes to policing dominant tech platforms.

H. Singer, Here. 

Competition Law in Isolation Series

Startup Acquisitions, Error Costs, and Antitrust Policy

K. Bryan, E. Hovenkamp, here. 

The Race to the Bottom: What Competition Overdose Does to Our Wallets and Well-Being

M. Stucke, A. Ezrachi, here (two Bolsheviks?).

Neglected infectious diseases: are push and pull incentive mechanisms suitable for promoting drug development research?

F. Mueller-Langer, here. 

Selecting a data sharing structure: a value-based choice

S. Delacroix et al., here. 

Joint statement by the European Competition Network (ECN) on application of competition law during the Corona crisis

Here. 

EU Competition Law and COVID-19

F. Costa-Cabral et al., here. 

Competition Law as a Form of Social Regulation

I. Lianos, here. 

Antitrust rules and coronavirus

EC, here. 

The U.S. Tried to Build a New Fleet of Ventilators. The Mission Failed.

NYTimes, here. 

Joint Statement on the right to data protection in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

Council of Europe, here. 

Bottomline/EPG: Final Report

CMA, here. 

Covid-19 and the comeback of compulsory licensing

Medicine Law & Policy, here. 

Global Innovation, Local Regulation: Navigating Competition Rules in the Digital Economy

C. Wilson, here. 

Google v. Oracle: What is the Case About?

Santa Clara University, Video here.

WHO is asked to create a voluntary intellectual property pool to develop Covid-19 products

StatNews, here. 

Review of the two Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations

EC, here. 

Roche releases recipe, after European Commission considers intervention due to lack of coronavirus tests

FTM.nl, here. 

Society as a Broadband Network

W. Davies, here. 

Plattformökonomie: neue Wettbewerbsregeln – Renaissance der Missbrauchsaufsicht

J. Haucap, hier. 

Data Portability: Initial Reflections on an Ex Ante Approach

S. Vezzoso (me!), here. Very tentative first draft (any feedback?).

Riprendiamoci i dati

Speciale TG1, qui. 

Fair dealing and online learning in the time of coronavirus in South Africa

IPKat, here. 

Stellungnahmen der Bundesländer, Fachkreise, Verbände und Unternehmen zum GWB-Digitalisierungsgesetz

Hier.

Open Data for SME finance

Bank of England, here. 

DPAs issue reports on data processing related to COVID-19

Iapp, here. 

The Man With 17,700 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer Just Donated Them

NYTimes, here. 

Coronavirus, l’ingegnere italiano che sfida le multinazionali per salvare la vita ai pazienti con le sue valvole in stampa 3

TPI.it, qui. 

Verily’s coronavirus screening website launches with very limited access

The Verge, here. 

Cade investigates Bayer and Monsanto for alleged anti-competitive conduct

CADE, aqui.

Apple, Tech Data et Ingram Micro sanctionnés

Autorité de la concurrence, ici.

Some 2000 thoughts on the abus de dépendence écononique (en italien), qui. 

Formal GDPR complaint against Google’s internal data free-for-all

Brave, here. 

Venture Capital and Antitrust

Stanford/DOJ, here. 

Sharing data to create value in the private sector

ODI, here. 

Defining Artificial Intelligence

JRC, here. 

LinkedIn Appeals Important CFAA Ruling Regarding Scraping Public Info Just As Concerns Raised About Clearview

TechDirt, here. 

Digital markets taskforce: terms of reference

UK Gov, here. 

How Google kneecapped Amazon’s smart TV efforts

Protocol, here. 

Ad Tech Inquiry: Issues Paper

ACCC, here. 

Key Elements and Functions of a New Digital Regulatory Agency

Public Knowledge, here. 

Competition in Digital Technology Markets: Examining Self-Preferencing by Digital Platforms

Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, here.

A Commons Approach to Smart City Data Governance

New America, here. 

AUSTRALIAN INFORMATION COMMISSIONER v FACEBOOK INC & ANOR

Complaint, here. 

The Economic Impact of Open Data

European Data Portal, here. 

Mark Lemley: Innovation in tech suffers when we focus on the “exit”

Recode Decode, here. 

Die Digitalisierung der Missbrauchsaufsicht durch das „GWB-Digitalisierungsgesetz“ im Spannungsfeld von moderater Anpassung und Überregulierung

T. Körber, hier. 

Digital platforms and antitrust. Should competition law be updated and how?

Today, 13:00, Video here.

Copyright lessons on Machine Learning: what impact on algorithmic art?

T. Chiou, here. 

Go read about a law school’s ridiculous battle over YouTube copyright strikes

The Verge, here. 

On balancing personal privacy with public interest

Iapp, here.

All happy families are alike: The EDPS’ bridges between competition and privacy

S. Vezzoso, here (second draft, sorry folks).

Minor changes and new entries such as Cristina Caffarra, Agustin Reyna, A European strategy for data, etc.

Anti-competitive practices in specific social and economic conditions

Hellenic Competition Commission, here.

Should Antitrust Laws Tackle Privacy Issues? DOJ and State AGs Continue Google Investigations in Response to Privacy Concerns

BakerHostetler, here. 

Antitrust: sanzione di 116 mln a TIM per aver ostacolato lo sviluppo della fibra

AGCM, qui.

Technology with purpose

M. Vestager, here. 

The Myth of the Privacy Paradox

D. Solove, here. 

WIE DIE EUROPÄISCHE UNION IM GLOBALEN WETTBEWERB BESTEHEN KANN

Gastbeitrag von A. Schwab auf D'Kart, hier. 

„Soll das staatliche Geldmonopol gesichert werden? Ja!“

Dezernat Zukunft, hier. 

Draft Competition (Amendment) Bill Proposes Extension of Protection to IPR Holders in Abuse of Dominance Cases

V. Kathuria, here. 

IP and Artificial Intelligence: More than 250 Submissions to WIPO Consultation

EU IP Desk, here. 

THE ROMANO-GERMANIC SYSTEM OF LIABILITY AND ITS FORMULAS APPLIED TO AN ANTITRUST TRIAL, REGARDING THE FACEBOOK CASE

M. Velandia, here. 

Banking landscape in the 21st century

S. Das, here. 

Die Industrie für digitale Werbung verletzt die Privatsphäre der Verbraucher

Digitale Gesellschaft, hier. 

Tech and democracy

Pew, here.

Google and health data – Fitbit acquisition: privacy, GDPR and competition concerns in the activity-tracking wearable technology sector

EP Question, here. 

Defeating Tech Giants With Open Protocols, Interoperability, And Shared Stewardship

TechDirt, here. 

Cybersecurity: Hacking victims are uncovering cyberattacks faster - and GDPR is the reason why

ZDNet, here. 

Tech-over: Mergers and merger policy in digital markets

E. Argentesi et al., here.

...en anglais: The Autorité de la concurrence’s contribution to the debate on competition policy and digital challenges

Adlc, ici. 

The Search for (Artificial) Intelligence, in Capitalism

F. Engster, P. Moore, here. 

Réinventer la régulation pour le numérique : Regards croisés législateur-régulateur

P. Forteza, S. Soriano, ici. 

Why fairness cannot be automated: Bridging the gap between EU non-discrimination law and AI

S. Wachter et al., here. 

Case Studies on Principles for a Data Economy

 ALI-ELI Project, here. 

Programmable Infrastructures

TU Delft, here. 

Data Protection in the Time of Coronavirus: Business As Usual?

Iapp, here. 

Designing an EU Intervention Standard for Digital Platforms

P. Alexiadis, A. de Streel, here.

(With Vodafone's financial support).

Google/Fitbit review: Privacy IS a competition issue

C. Caffarrra, T. Valletti, here. 

Soft power with a hard edge: harnessing the benefits of fast-moving markets

A. Tyre, here. 

Antitrust Conference in the Time of Coronavirus

Keeping the EU competitive in a green and digital world

M. Vestager, here. 

The crystal ball: implications for future competition policy and practice

CMA, Live stream today at 3.00PM Trento Time,  here.

My crystal ball at Ascola NYU 2018

My notes on the run:

Big Tech Acquisitions: Competition & Innovation Effects and EU Merger Control

M. Bourreau, A. de Streel, here. 

Verlening vergunning onder voorschriften voor concentratie Sanoma Learning B.V. en Iddink Holding B.V.

ACM, hier. 

The Brussels Effect— The EU’s Digital Strategy Goes Global

Covington, here. 

Stellungnahmen der Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht

 Zu den mit dem Referentenentwurf vorgeschlagenen Änderungen im Kapitel 2 „Bußgeldsachen“ im dritten Teil des GWB, hier; zu den Regeln des EU-Kartellrechts für horizontale Vereinbarungen, hier.

10.GWB-Novelle: Unternehmen mit überragender marktübergreifender Bedeutung für den Wettbewerb

Competition Cast, hier.

ACCC Goes After Fitbit Google Deal Full Investigation

ChannelNews, here. 

Brink’s fica proibida de realizar novas aquisições no mercado de transporte de valores por três anos

CADE, aqui.

Coronavirus, l’Autorità interviene nel settore della vendita di prodotti igienizzanti e di mascherine

AGCM, qui.
V. anche here. 

Première victoire en France devant la justice contre la reconnaissance faciale !

La Quadrature du Net, ici. 

Consumer Data Rights rollout now a full-blown crisis

New Economy, here. 

The Value of Data

 Bennett Institute for Public Policy & Open Data Institute, Report here; Accompanying Literature Review here. 

Le canadien Shopify rejoint l’association Libra

Cryptonaute, ici. 

Who's responsible for what you buy on Amazon? A court is about to decide

CNN, here. 

FIRST ANALYSIS OF THE EU WHITEPAPER ON AI

Allai, here. 

Artificial Intelligence [What Think Tanks Are Thinking]

EPRS, here. 

Data Ecosystems: Sovereign Data Exchange among Organizations

C. Cappiello et al., here. 

AI and Facial Recognition: Challenges and Opportunities

EDPS, here. 

PSD2: So geht es mit den Banking-Schnittstellen weiter

Heise.de, hier. 

It’s Now or Never for National Data Strategies

D. Coyle, here. 

Gutachten zu 5G-Patenten: "Nicht vorhersehbare" Risiken für Automobilindustrie

Heise.de, hier. 

Study on Blockchains: Legal, governance and interoperability aspects

EC, here. 

Trust and the competition delusion

N. Gruen, here. 

„Wir sind auf dem direkten Weg ins digitale Mittelalter“

Tagesspiegel, hier. 

Wir brauchen EU-Regeln für die Digitalisierung

A. Wambach, hier.

Competition Policy and Data Sharing on Data-driven Markets

J. Prüfer, here. 

A Maussian bargain: Accumulation by gift in the digital economy

M. fourcade, D. Kluttz, here. 

Failure to enforce the GDPR enables Google’s monopoly

Brave, here.

OECD Competition Open Day 2020

Videos here (in case you need to watch them on your treadmill).

Bundeskartellamt begrüßt die vom BMWi geplante Modernisierung des Kartellrechts

Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

The economics of Business-to-Government data sharing

JRC, here. 

GAFAM: le Sénat défend le libre choix du consommateur

Challenges, ici. 

Contribution au débat sur la politique de concurrence et les enjeux numériques

Autorité de la concurrence, ici.

SELF "PREFERENCING" ALERT: Recht und Ökonomie

J. Haucap, O. Budzinski, Vorwort hier. 

MyData Global’s comment on the European data strategy released 19 February 2020

MyData, here. 

Google's decision to shift control of UK user data to the US looks like a calculated political bet that Brexit will be a privacy disaster

Business Insider, here. 

"vestagerly" - adj.

Adjective

Pronunciation: 📢 here  and -ly at the end

Examples for vestagerly



1. Such a vestagerly speech...

2. Another vestagerly decision.

3. Watch out for a vestagerly reaction!

4. A vestagerly interaction with Students.

5. Vestagerly European champions: "the champions we need are not just the biggest companies. What we need are businesses, big or small, that are the best in the world at what they do - and that share that success with Europeans, by creating jobs and paying taxes here"

Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos

Two-hour film, here.
Q&A: ‘Amazon Empire’ Director on the World’s Richest Man and His Mega-Company, here. 

Statement on privacy implications of mergers

EDPB, here. 

Apple Weighs Letting Users Switch Default iPhone Apps to Rivals

Bloomberg, here.

CONFERENCE DEBRIEFING (18): GWB10-VERBÄNDEANHÖRUNG

D'Kart, hier.

"Wer das Tiefste gedacht, liebt das [l]ebendigste (Kartellrecht)"

Competencia ha rastreado el algoritmo de Idealista desde hace años y a nivel nacional

El Mundo, aquì. 

BLOCKCHAIN AND THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL ASSETS

 European Union Blockchain Observatory & Forum, here. 

Cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin and other exchange tokens

House of Commons Library, here. 

EDPB on Google/Fitbit

Here.

Facebook Dating launch blocked in Europe after it fails to show privacy workings

TechCrunch, here. 

Big Tech will have to share data under EU proposals [perhaps]

FT, here. 

Draft Issues Paper of the World Intellectual Property Organization on Intellectual Property Policy and Artificial Intelligence: A Comment

MPI for competition and innovation, here. 

Taking a dive into Google’s Chrome cookie ban

D. Geradin, D. Katsifis, here. 

Antitrust proceedings against seven firms for suspected price coordination in the real estate intermediation market

CNMC, here. 

"EU Super Digital Wednesday"

Shaping Europe's digital future, here.
White Paper: On Artificial Intelligence - A European approach to excellence and trust, here.
Communication: A European strategy for data, here.

And
Report on the safety and liability implications of Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things and robotics, here.
Towards a European strategy on business-to-government data sharing for the public interest, here.

Between Truth and Power: The Legal Constructions of Informational Capitalism

J. Cohen, Video here.

Lasst uns Daten „sozialisieren“!

Tagesspiegel, hier. 

The Economic Consequences of Data Privacy Regulation: Empirical Evidence from GDPR

G. Aridor et al., here.

Kudos, leaderboards, QOMs: how fitness app Strava became a religion – podcast

The Guardian, here.

(Without it, "I feel freer" but...).

Activate This ‘Bracelet of Silence,’ and Alexa Can’t Eavesdrop

NYTimes, here. 

Protecting privacy in an AI-driven world

Brookings, here. 

Margrethe's actual "favourite": The films of Bong Joon-ho

ArsTechnica, here. 

Haldex files antitrust complaint against Knorr-Bremse

Automotive News Europe, here. 

The Diffusion of the Sandbox Approach to Disruptive Innovation and Its Limitations

C. Tsai, C.Lin, H. Liu, here. 

Anonymisierung unter der DSGVO unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der TK-Branche

BfDI, hier. 

Internet privacy: the apps that protect you from your apps

The Guardian, here. 

From a 'Race to AI' to a 'Race to AI Regulation' - Regulatory Competition for Artificial Intelligence

N. Smuha, here. 

How the BBC’s Netflix-killing plan was snuffed by myopic regulation

WIRED, here. 

Australian consumer watchdog to examine anti-competitive behaviour by Google and Facebook

The Guardian, here. 

Smartphone startups take on Google, Apple and put privacy first

DW, here. 

Competition and Privacy in Online Markets: Evidence from the Mobile App Industry

E. Kesler, M. Kummer, P. Schulte, here. 

Key Elements and Functions of a New Digital Regulatory Agency

Public Knowledge, here.

Online platforms and digital advertising market study: Observations on CMA’s Interim Report

D. Geradin, D. Katsifis, here. 

Designing Data Trusts

Stiftung Neue Verantwortung, here. 

Google/Looker: CMA's feu vert

Here.

Stellungnahme zum GWB-Digitalisierungsgesetz

Mittelstandverbund, hier. 

Google Shopping: Report for the Hearing

Here. 

The End of Privacy as We Know It?

The Daily, here. 

Facebook quietly acquired another UK AI startup and almost no one noticed

TechCrunch, here. 

Au Canada, une procédure inédite contre Facebook sur les données personnelles

Le Monde, ici. 

Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten raided by anti-monopoly officials

Reuters, here. 

Google’s Fitbit Deal Tests Merger Cops Eyeing Data Giants

Bloomberg, here. 

Klassifizierung, Bias, Risikoklassenmodell, algorithmenkontrolle

Enquete-Kommission KI, Video hier. 

Peter Alexiadis and Alexandre de Streel ‘Designing an EU Intervention Standard for Digital Gatekeepers’ (unpublished working paper)

Antitrsut Digest, here. 

Artificial Intelligence and Public Standards

The Committee on Standards in Public Life, here.

The WIRED Guide to the Internet of Things

Wired, here. 

Anonymisierung unter der DSGVO unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der TK-Branche

BfDI, Öffentliches Konsultationsverfahren, hier. 

INDAGINE CONOSCITIVA SUI BIG DATA

3 Autorità, qui. 

Guidelines 1/2020 on processing personal data in the context of connected vehicles and mobility related applications

EDPB, here.

Sabre/Farelogix

CMA, provisional findings, here; notice of possible remedies, here.

EU Regulators to Investigate EssilorLuxottica's 7.2-Billion-Euro Dutch Deal

NYTimes, here.

Case claiming antitrust manipulation of Bitcoin Cash network falls short, for now

Reuters, here.

Conseil d’État sur la proposition de loi n°48 visant à garantir le libre choix du consommateur dans le cyberespace

Avis, ici. 

China's mobile giants to take on Google's Play store - sources

Reuters, here. 

Our daily leaked draft document: Europe fit for the digital age: Towards a truly European digital society

EU circles, here. 

Big Tech Acquisitions Competition & Innovation Effects and EU Merger Control

M. Bourreau, A. de Streel, here.

“Lawmakers should provide rule-based descriptions of what it means not to be racist”

C. O'Neil, here.

The digitalization of payments and currency - some issues for consideration

L. Brainard, ici.

Paris and Berlin press Vestager on EU competition rules revamp

FT, here. 

Décision n°19-D-26 du 19 décembre 2019 publiée

Adlc, ici. 

Sonos at the USITC

Here.

POTS: protective optimization technologies

The Morning Paper, here. 

The SyRI case: a landmark ruling for benefits claimants around the world

Privacy international, here. 

Review of online targeting: Final report and recommendations

CDEI, here. 

ANTITRUST IN POP CULTURE: A GUIDE FOR ANTITRUST GURUS

Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies, here. 

Consumer Data Right: Explanatory Statement

ACCC, here. 

The promise of synthetic data

FT, here. 

Shaping a digital future for Europe

The EU Queen, here.

Keine Einwände gegen Start einer digitalen Agrarplattform

BKamt, hier. 

Google Stuck Between Privacy, Antitrust With Ad Data Limits

Bloomberg, here. 

Chrome 80: Einschränkungen für Cookies und Adblocker

Heise.de, hier.

The Old New (Or is it the New Old) Antitrust: “I’m Not Dead Yet!!”

D. Wood, here. 

Statutory Inquiry into Google’s processing of location data and transparency surrounding that processing

Irish Data Protection Commission, here. 

The von der Leyen Commission's priorities for 2019-2024

EP Briefing, here. 

The economic forces driving fintech adoption across countries

BIS, here.

FTC Files Suit to Block Edgewell Personal Care Company’s Acquisition of Harry’s, Inc.

FTC, here. 

Petition for Rulemaking Concerning Use of Artificial Intelligence in Commerce

EPIC, here. 

Fair Learning

M. Lemley, B. Casey, here.

The Next Big Privacy Hurdle? Teaching AI to Forget

Wired, here. 

Leaked: A European strategy for data

EU, here. 

Innovation Brokerage

Nesta, here. 

REGULATOR APPROACHES TO FACILITATE, SUPPORT AND ENABLE INNOVATION

UK BEIS, here. 

Uber says goodbye Colombia after competition ruling

FT, here. 

Audition de M. Olivier Guersent, Sénat FR

Vidéo, ici (Brexit:10:06:00; Numérique: 10:11:30 et 10:57:22).

The EDPB on unfair algorithms

EDPS, here.

Why Google Backtracked on Its New Search Results Look

NYTimes, here.

GWB10: DIE LAGE (1)

D’Kart, hier. 

“Should We Block This Merger? Some Thoughts on Converging Antitrust and Privacy”

J. Phillips, here. 

2019 by the numbers

Open Banking, here. 

Blockchains, DLTs and Privacy-Enhancing Technology for the Common Good

Decode, panel discussion, here. 

The Internet in Everything

With Vint Cerf, here. 

Always United

EC fines NBCUniversal €14.3 million for restricting sales of film merchandise products

Here. 

COLLABORATIVE SPACES PROMOTING CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION

S. Boutillier et al, here. 

Non c'è due senza tre, but what will it be?

D'Kart im FAZ Podcast

Hier, ab 39:19.

8 days later: The CJEU Judgment

Case C‑307/18, Generics (UK) and Others, here.
Opinion, 22 January 2010, here.

Discussing AI with our beloved Queen et al

STOA Panel, Video here. 

MONITORYOU: the MilliONs beIng spenT by the eu on develOping surveillance tech to taRget YOU

Privacy International, here. 

Artificial Intelligence: Intellectual Property Policy Considerations

USPTO, Conference Recordings here (1 year after the event,  sorry IMI but still fresh).

Nichts ist so diskret wie Bargeld

FAZ, hier. 

10. GWB-Novelle – Herausforderungen auf digitalen und regionalen Märkten begegnen!

Monopolkommission, hier. 

The Economics of International Competition Policy: New Challenges in the Light of Digitization?

O. Budzinski, here. 

Tech in 2020

B. Evans, Presentation here. 

Text and Data Mining: Articles 3 and 4 of the Directive 2019/790/EU

C. Geiger et al, here.

Search Preference Menus: Improving Choice With Design

DuckDuckGo, here. 

E-Commerce: Datenschutz auf dem Bauernhof

Hier und hier. 

Google Rival Attacks Search Giant’s Bid to Stoke Android Choice

Bloomberg, here. 

EPO publishes grounds for its decision to refuse two patent applications naming a machine as inventor

EPO, here. 

POTs: Protective Optimization Technologies

B. Kolynych, here. 

The concept of Fairness in the GDPR

G. Malgieri, here. 

Google acquires Pointy, a startup to help brick-and-mortar retailers list products online, for $163M

TechCrunch, here.

EU Competition Law and the Digital Economy: United Kingdom Report

A. Kalintiri, R. Stones, here. 

Building a Conceptual Framework for Decentralised Digital Ecosystems

Machine Lawyering, here. 

Facebook-Kryptowährung: Libra erwägt Verzicht auf Devisenkorb

Finance FWD, hier. 

WEF: Libra’s Marcus emphasizes network over digital currency

Ledger Insights, here. 

Les Rendez-vous de l'Autorité : Les algorithmes

Video here (en anglais).

Ungezähmte Internetgiganten

Oxfam et al, hier.

CSIRO wants our laws turned into computer code. Here’s why that’s a bad idea

J. McIntyre, here. 

Entwurf eines Zehnten Gesetzes zur Änderung des Gesetzes gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen für ein fokussiertes, proaktives und digitales Wettbewerbsrecht 4.0 (GWB-Digitalisierungsgesetz)

Hier. 

Clayton Christensen, author of ‘The Innovator’s Dilemma’, 1952-2020

FT, here. 

Avviato procedimento di inottemperanza per Facebook

AGCM, qui.

BigTech vs BigBang: Competition in Financial Services

SuperChanger, here. 

Les consommateurs sont mieux protégés dès aujourd'hui grâce aux nouveaux pouvoirs des autorités nationales de protection des consommateurs et de la Commission

EC, ici. 

Facebook verstößt gegen Datenschutzrecht

VZBV, hier.