Why Facebook Can’t Fix Itself

 The NewYorker, here. 

British Airways: Penalty Notice

ICO, here. 

App Marketplace Battlemap

 

LEGAL AND REGULATORY CONSIDERATIONS FOR DIGITAL ASSETS

 J. Allen et al., here. 

Data Sovereignty, You Ask

 

A ROOM OF ONE’S OWN

E. Judson, J. Smith, here.  

Barbed wire on the Internet prairie: against new enclosures, digital commons as drivers of sovereignty

 France Diplomacy, here. 

How to Stop Google Self-Preferencing? Europe May Not Be the Model

 The MarkUp, here 

Google Cloud promises it won’t pry into customer data

 VentureBeat, here. 

Zoom will start letting people host online events with paid admission

 CNBC, here. 

Considerations of France and the Netherlands regarding intervention on platforms with a gatekeeper position

 Here. 

Per i lobbisti del big tech il paradiso è in Italia

 Domani, qui. 

Platform Competition: A Systematic and Interdisciplinary Review of the Literature

 J. Rietveld, M. Schilling, here. 

The digital payment revolution

 Bank of France, here. 

Anonymisierung und Pseudonymisierung von Daten für Projekte des maschinellen Lernens

 Bitkom, hier. 

Amazon's Latest Gimmicks Are Pushing the Limits of Privacy

 Wired, here. 

Data protection and coronavirus: Case studies

 ICO, here. 

BigTech Firms in Finance in Emerging Market and Developing Economies

 FSB, here. 

Google v. Oracle and the search for an analogy

 M. Risch, here. 

The Lawless Realm

 M. Schaake, here. 

A ticking time bomb: The real and present danger of the data economy

 With C. Véliz, here (and here)

Press Publishers’ Right: the Court of Appeal of Paris upholds the Competition Authority’s order for Google to negotiate with the publishers

 B. Spitz, here. 

Dear Google: We Agree Search Competition Should Be "Only 1 Click Away" – So Why Is It 15+ on Android?

 DuckDuckGo, here. 

Future Market Dynamics Part 2 - Big Tech and data disruption

 FCA, here. 

No rivalry between public and private digital currency solutions – European Commission

 Finextra, here. 

EU Foreign Investment Screening Regulation takes effect: a high-level review of regimes across Europe

 Clifford Chance, here. 

What Will Drive Long-Run Growth in the Digital Age?

J. Growiec, here.  

The Big Tech antitrust report has one big conclusion: Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google are anti-competitive

 Vox, here. 

Abuse of Dominance in Digital Markets

 OECD, here. 

EU antitrust regulators may narrow Amazon investigation - sources

 Reuters, here. 

Facebook's Libra must not start until properly regulated - G7 draft

 Reuters, here. 

Emerging models of data governance in the age of datafication

 M. Micheli et al., here. 

Competition policy and the Green Deal: Call for Contributions 💓

EC, here. 

A Note about Spotify Transfers

 

SongShift, here. 

DIGITAL SOLUTIONS TO FIGHT COVID-19

 Council of Europe, here. 

YouTube testet Integration von Online-Shopping-Funktionen

 Heise Online, hier. 

Brussels eyes bigger stick to take on Big Tech

 Politico.eu, here. 

Digital transformation of Europe: State of Play

 Fireside chat with the Margrethe Vestager, here  and now.

Auguri!

 

Congress made a lousy case for breaking up Big Tech

 PPI, here.

EU automotive sector – exemption from antitrust rules (review)

 EC, here  (here the pdf of the questionnaire).

Lobbying and transparency: What Twitter can do...

 

Demystifying the Role of Data Interoperability in the Access and Sharing Debate

 J. Hoffmann, B. Gonzales Otero, here. 

Google should have picked Microsoft’s app store principles over Apple’s

 Venture Beat, here. 

CNIL observations on the US-accessible Health Data Hub

 I. Brown, here. 

Epic loses court bid to force Apple to reinstate Fortnite in the App Store

 Venture Beat, here. 

Google faces new antitrust case in India over abuse in smart TVs market

 Reuters, here. 

Google’s (Non-) Compliance with the EU Shopping Decision

 T. Hoppner, here. 

Frequently asked questions on Regulation (EU) 2019/452 establishing a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union

 EC, here. 

BEREC Response to the Public Consultations on the Digital Services Act Package and the New Competition Tool

 Here.

We came to Fordham and we listened. And learned.

 M. Vestager, here. 

How to Make AI More Humane

 Oliver Wyman Forum, here. 

Capitalism Is Broken. The Fix Begins With a Free Covid-19 Vaccine.

 M. Mazzucato, here. 

Voedselmonitor geeft eerste inzicht in prijsvorming en belemmeringen voor biologische productie

 ACM, hier. 

Höchste Zeit für eine zukunftsfähige Datenstrategie

I. Bertschek, hier. 

Google/Fitbit will monetise health data and harm consumers

 CEPR, here. 

The Interchange Fees Regulation in a rapidly evolving payment landscape

 EC, here. 

Big Tech’s Big Competition Problem: Analyzing the House Judiciary Antitrust Report

 Panel organized by Public Knowledge, here. 

10 app store principles to promote choice, fairness and innovation

Microsoft, here.  

Google Assistant gets deeper app integrations as voice assistant usage skyrockets

 Venture Beat, here. 

Digital Markets: using our existing tools and emerging thoughts on a new regime

 A. Coscelli, here. 

Health Data Hub : Cédric O prévoit de quitter Microsoft pour un prestataire français

 Numérama, ici. 

Theorising and mapping modern economic rents

 M. Mazzucato, J. Ryan-Collins, G. Gouzoulis, here. 

CLIMATE LAWSUIT AGAINST DUTCH STATE ON KLM BAILOUT

 Greenpeace, here. 

NCT Public Consultation

• 188 stakeholders' replies, here (apparently, but I couldn't find them); 
• more Contributions here; 
• 27 pp. Factual summary of the contributions received, here; 
• 13 pp. Summary of NCAs' Contributions, here;
• Experts' Reports
  - 63 pp. Motta/Peitz, here; 
  - 41 pp. Larouche/de Streel, here; 
  - 57-pp. Schweitzer, here; 
  - 68 pp. Whish, here;
  - XX EAGCP 

TOTAL for now: 269 pp.

Digital-Services-Act: So will die EU die Macht der Tech-Konzerne brechen

 T3n.de, hier. 

What is a digital gatekeeper?

 D. Geradin, here.

Sektoruntersuchung Nutzerbewertungen - Abschlussbericht

 Bundeskartellamt, hier.

The global semiconductor value chain

 SNV, here.

Naver faces 26.7 bln-won fine, accused of manipulating algorithms

 Yonhap News, here.

Paytm, other Indian startups vow to fight 'big daddy' Google's clout: sources

 Reuters, here. 

Ruling by EU’s highest court finds that UK, French and Belgian mass surveillance regimes must respect privacy, even in the context of national security

 Privacy International, here. 

Digital platforms’ boundaries: The interplay of firm scope, platform sides, and digital interfaces

 A. Gawer, here.

Regulating digital finance: At a Glance

 EPRS, here.

REPORT on intellectual property rights for the development of artificial intelligence technologies

 EP, here.

House: Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Google have “monopoly power,” should be split

 ArsTechnica, here.

The Economics of Platforms: A Theory Guide for Competition Policy

 B. Jullien, W. Sand-Zantman, here.

Cour d'Appel de Paris: Google News

 Ici.

Google v. Oracle America Oral Argument

Here. Transcript of the oral argument, here.

House Antitrust Subcommittee report

 Here.

A sustainable future for European industry

 M. Vestager, here. 

Data institutions: reducing costs and improving sustainability

 ODI, here. 

Message to Enrolled Students (MIM)

Tomorrow, Tuesday 6 October at 5.30 PM, I'll record an International Competition Law catch up class  (MIM) that I'll then make available to enrolled Students. If you wish to participate in the recording, please go to Moodle to find the Zoom invite for tomorrow- dreading being all alone in the Zoom Classroom and looking forward to your inspiring questions! Today's slides here and also on Moodle!

Off-topic (?): Mose saves Venice

 

Offene Märkte und nachhaltiges Wirtschaften – Gemeinwohlziele als Herausforderung für die Kartellrechtspraxis

 Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

The Marsden/Podszun Report: Restoring Balance to Digital Competition – Sensible Rules, Effective Enforcement

 

P. Marsden, R. Podszun, here; trailer here. 

Wearable tech makers ramp up opposition to Google’s $2.1bn Fitbit deal

FT, here.  

CONFERENCE DEBRIEFING (21/22): SUSTAINABILITY, PLATFORMS

 D'Kart, here. 

Google’s Epic response: Android 12 will make it easier to install app stores

 VentureBeat, here. 

SHAPING THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN EUROPE

 EC DG DNCT, here. 

Common Shareholding in Europe

 JRC, here.

Tactical Leak: List of (potentially) unfair practices (DSA)

 Who knows (from politico.eu), here (and OCR'd here - H/T @1Br0wn)

Consumer Data Right Rules amended to include intermediaries

 ACCC, here. 

DATA SHARING FOR DIGITAL MARKETS CONTESTABILITY

 CERRE, here. 

Google to pay out $1B to publishers to license content for new Google News Showcase

 TechCrunch, here. 

Report on a digital euro

 ECB, here. 

Cookies et autres traceurs : la CNIL publie des lignes directrices modificatives et sa recommandation

 CNIL, ici. 

Blockchain as a cult, Ant Group edition

 FT, here. 

An Alternative to Data Ownership: Managing Access to Non-Personal Data through the Commons

 T. Fia, here. 

Essential Platforms

 N. Guggenberger, here ( and accompanying video here). 

First firms to begin move to new data collection platform, RegData

 FCA, here. 

Digital services act: European added value assessment

 EPRS, here. 

New legal challenges of big data

 

J. Cannataci, V. Falce and O. Pollicino, here. 

Facebook's "reviews" the Social Dilemma

 Here. 

Data ToGo: The Video

FTC, here. 

"GAFA, reprenons le pouvoir !"

Séminaire de Joëlle Toledano, Vidéo ici. 

Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

Compromise amendments on the DSA, here. 

THE NEW EU DATA PROTECTION REGIME: SETTING GLOBAL STANDARDS FOR THE RIGHT TO PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION

FIDE, here. 

The App Marketplaces’ Battle Royale

S. Vezzoso (self-preferencing and with a selfie), here. 

Hoarding in the age of COVID-19

M. Baddeley, here. 

Data-intensive Innovation and the State: Evidence from AI Firms in China

M. Beraja et al., here.

Algorithmic Pricing and Competition: Empirical Evidence from the German Retail Gasoline Market

S. Assad et al., here. 

Spotify criticizes new Apple services bundle on antitrust grounds

Reuters, here. 

The High Privacy Cost of a “Free” Website

The MarkUp, here. 

A Far Reach

Global Finance, here. 

Converging Disruptions

EPRS, here. 

Erneuter Vorwurf: Amazon soll bei Eigenprodukten Konkurrenz behindern

Heise, hier. 

FTC Petition for Ninth Circuit Rehearing in Qualcomm Antitrust Case

Here. 

A framework for mission-oriented innovation policy roadmapping for the SDGs: The case of plastic-free oceans

M. Miedzinski, M. Mazzucato, P. Ekins, here. 

Interoperability as a competition remedy for digital networks

M. Kades, F. Scott Morton, here. 

Digital Finance Package: Commission sets out new, ambitious approach to encourage responsible innovation to benefit consumers and businesses

EU Commission, here. 

Die Corona-Transformation – Wie die Pandemie die Globalisierung bremst und die Digitalisierung beschleunigt

BertelsmannStiftung, hier. 

UK regulator says Google not doing enough about scam ads

FT, here. 

Video del seminario: “Competencia, Privacidad y Datos Personales”

Capítulo América Latina de la Academic Society for Competition Law, Video aquì.

Is it game over for the console?

FT, here. 

New farm bill 2020: Who is protesting & why

Times of India, here.

And CCI 2012 Onion Study here. 

Big Data: From modern fears to enlightened and vigilant embrace of new beginnings

N. Dewandre, here.

EU Competition Law and the Digital Economy: Protecting Free and Fair Competition in an Age of Technological (R)evolution

FIDE, here.

Competition as a catalyst for growth

M. Vestager, here.

Datenschutz im KI-Zeitalter

Hier.

UK regulator says Google not doing enough about scam ads

FT, here.

Lessons in Data Access, Portability and Interoperability from Digital Agriculture

DataFed, here. 

The Green Deal and competition policy

M. Vestager, here. 

How can competition rules support the Green Deal?

With Margrethe, here. 

EPIC Demands Privacy Commitments From Oracle, TikTok

Here. 

The Progressive Case for a TikTok Sale

Wired, here. 

INNOVATION POLICY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY FOR POST-COVID ECONOMIC RECOVERY

M. Mazzucato, G. Dibb, here. 

Data Futures: Research to shift power through data governance

Mozilla, here. 

SURVEILLANCE IN AN ERA OF PANDEMIC AND PROTEST

N. Klein, S. Zuboff, and S. Browne, here. 

Why we need to do something about the monopsony power of employers

A. Manning, here. 

Microsoft Grabs Some of World’s Biggest Games in $7.5 Billion Deal

NYTimes, here. 

Ethics of Connected and Automated Vehicles

Horizon 2020 Commission Expert Group, here. 

Decentralised Futures: How digital technologies will change the shape of organisations to come

Nesta, here. 

Digital Minilateralism: How governments cooperate on digital governance

T. Filer, A. Weiss, here. 

FTC: Virtual workshop on data portability

 This afternoon, here.
My draft paper presented at the Ascola 2020 Conference here, si jamais. 

Russischer Internetriese Yandex zieht sich aus Türkei zurück

Heise.de, hier. 

Aline Blankertz: «Das Internet wird zum geopolitischen Spielball»

SRF.ch, hier. 

DIE ZUKUNFT DER DATENSCHUTZAUFSICHT

Stiftung Datenschutz, hier. 

Humanising Machine Intelligence

Conference Videos, here. 👀

Google to pass on [regulatory operating cost] to advertisers

CityAm, here. 

Data institutions play critical role in solving global social problems

ComputerWeekly, here. 

Amazon staffers took bribes, manipulated marketplace, leaked data including search algorithms – DoJ claims

The Register, here. 

Ireland’s data watchdog slammed for letting adtech carry on ‘biggest breach of all time’

TechCrunch, here. 

This Deal Helped Turn Google Into an Ad Powerhouse. Is That a Problem?

NYTimes, here. 

U.S. app maker Blix in letter to EU's Vestager says Apple not playing fair

Reuters, here.
"The founders of Blix, an email app maker that has fought with Apple, suggested to me that Apple create an independent app review process to make sure it isn’t unfairly punishing rival apps" here. 

Privacy Experts Alarmed at Oracle’s Role in Proposed TikTok Deal

Digital Privacy News, here. 

The impact of algorithms for online content filtering or moderation

Study for the EP, here. 

Digitale Ordnungspolitik

Interdisziplinäre Konferenz, hier. 

The Case of Google ‘Snippets’: An IP Wrong that Competition Law Cannot Fix

V. Kathuria, J. Lai, here. 

Vins d’Alsace : l’Autorité de la concurrence sanctionne 3 organisations professionnelles pour entente

ADLC, ici. 

Google’s Call for Enforcement Action?

Foundem, here. 

Exploring principles for data stewardship: a case study analysis

Ada Lovelace Institute, here. 

Banksy trademark 'at risk' after street artist loses legal battle

The Guardian, here. 

Bringing an end to Apple’s anti-competitive practices on the App Store: A response to Völcker & Baker

D. Geradin, D. Katsifis, here. 

Apple Pay tech likely to be open to rivals in rules mulled by EU

TheStar, here. 

Tech investor Fred Wilson says Apple and Google ‘monopolies’ on app sales ‘must stop’

9to5Mac, here

How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism

C. Doctorow, here (and pdf, if you want to speechify it for the gym, here). 

How can we fight surveillance capitalism?

Columbia Journalism Review, here. 

How to Govern Facebook: A Structural Model for Taxing and Regulating Big Tech

S. Benzell, A. Collis, here. 

DRAFT STAFF DISCUSSION PAPER ON SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES AND COMPETITION LAW

 Hellenic Competition Commission, here. 

Not a Monopoly

The Potential of Open Digital Ecosystems

ODE, here. 

Angriff auf das Monopol: Streit von Amazon mit Marktplatzhändlern eskaliert

Handelsblatt, hier. 

DSA: Google

 Here.

„Datenzugang, Verbraucherinteressen und Gemeinwohl“

J. Globocnik, S. Scheuerer, hier.

Der Facebook-Fall vor dem BGH: Kein kompletter Austausch der rechtlichen Begründung 😉

Hier.

FRAND-Einwand: Bundesgerichtshof, Urteil vom 5. Mai 2020 - Az. KZR 36/17

 Hier. 

BIg Tech Hearing: GAFA’s responses for the record

 Here.

FTC takes aim at Google’s OS monopoly

The Korea Herald, here. 

Investiga COFECE posibles prácticas monopólicas relativas en el mercado de servicios de publicidad digital y servicios relacionados

COFECE, aquì. 

Rise of the central bank digital currencies: drivers, approaches and technologies

BIS, here. 

How to destroy surveillance capitalism

C. Doctorow, here. 

The ACCC’s ‘bargaining code’: A path towards ‘decentralised regulation’ of dominant digital platforms?

C. Caffarra, here. 

The effects of narrow price parity clauses on online sales – Investigation results from the Bundeskartellamt’s Booking proceeding

Bundeskartellamt, here. 

Competition in digital markets: a review of expert reports

F. Lancieri, P. Sakowski, here. 

On concentration screens in horizontal merger review

V. Nocke, M. Whinston, here. 

Statement on Facebook

ACCC, here. 

Emerging health data platforms: From individual control to collective data governance

T. Kariotis et al., here. 

Wie Europas digitale Wettbewerbspolitik verschärfen?

With A. Fletcher, here. 

Digital platform services Inquiry – March 2021 report on app marketplaces: Issues Paper

ACCC, here. 

Apple iCloud, Google Drive and Dropbox probed over ‘unfair’ T&Cs in Italy

TechCrunch, here. 

COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT EVALUATION of the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation

EC, here. 

Remèdes aux problèmes posés par les plateformes numériques structurantes

Arcep, ici. 

Arcep’s contribution to the public consultation on the DSA Package and the New Competition Tool

Here. 

Altmaier: Mit dem GWB-Digitalisierungsgesetz schaffen wir neue Wettbewerbsregeln für große Internetunternehmen und entlasten den Mittelstand

BMWI, hier. 

How competition impacts data privacy

A. Blankertz, here. 

Industrie 4.0: Innovationen im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung

BMBF, hier.

Traitement de la DMLA : l'Autorité sanctionne 3 laboratoires pour des pratiques abusives

ADLC, ici. 

5G: a cosa serve davvero? Quintarelli: “Ecco quale sarà il vero traino delle nuove reti”

AgendaDigitale, qui. 

The technical components of interoperability as a tool for competition regulation

I. Brown, here. 

Essential requirements for establishing and operating data trusts: practicalguidance co-developed by representatives from fifteen canadian organizationsand initiatives

A. Paprica et al., here. 

The future of EU merger control

M. Vestager, here. 

CMA: EC public consultations on the Digital Services Act package and the New Competition Tool

CMA, here. 

ICN 2020 Virtual Annual Conference

ICN, here. 

À VOTRE ÉCOUTE

CNIL, here. 

Evidence and scenarios for global data systems

Gov Office for Science, here. 

GOOGLE’S SUBMISSION IN RESPONSE TO SUBCOMMITTEE QUESTIONS FOR THE RECORD FOLLOWING JULY 29, 2020 HEARING

Google, here. 

BGH setzt Facebook Grenzen für die Datennutzung

Noerr, hier. 

AI Governance through Political Fora and Standards Developing Organizations

Stiftung Neue Verantwortung, hier. 

Nvidia's CEO argues that buying Arm won't threaten CPU neutrality

PCWorld, here. 

La justice européenne confirme que le « trafic gratuit » enfreint les règles sur la neutralité du net

Numérama, ici. 

Radical Restorative Remedies for Digital Markets

N. Petit, M. Gal, here. 

Russian Apple decision(s)

FAS, here. 

Oh what a feeling: New Toyotas will upload data to AWS to help create custom insurance premiums based on driver behaviour

The Register, here. 

Market Investigations for Digital Platforms: Panacea or Complement?

A. Fletcher, here. 

Oracle’s Ellison [does not step] out of character with approach for TikTok

FT, here. 

'Surveillance Capitalism' and the Angst of the Petit Sovereign

F. Johns, here.

Girocard in Apple Pay mit Beschränkungen

Heise, hier. 

Concorrência em mercados digitais: uma revisão dos relatórios especializados

CADE, aqui. 

What if Apple was forced to allow app sales outside of the iOS store?

Engadget, here. 

Killer Acquisitions and Beyond: Policy Effects on Innovation Strategies

I. Letina et aliud, here. 

Should we be paid for our data?

LiveMint, here. 

The Monopoly Harms That Antitrust Keeps Missing

H. Singer, here. 

This app could end Apple's monopoly — and Steve Jobs would love it

InputMag, here. 

Commission approves acquisition of Nets' account-to-account payment business by Mastercard, subject to conditions

EC, here. 

Google spreading 'misinformation' about new rules, says ACCC chief

SMH, here. 

How the European Commission Lost Its Tax Battle Against Ireland and Apple

ProMarket, here. 

Uber and Lyft Consider Franchise-Like Model in California

NYTimes, here. 

The EU is launching a market for personal data. Here’s what that means for privacy.

Technology Review, here.

Big Tech’s Domination of Business Reaches New Heights

NYTimes, here. 

How Duolingo uses AI in every part of its app

VentureBeat, here. 

Our response to Google: Privacy isn't a Luxury

Privacy Int, here. 

Nvidia boss sets out plan to rule the data centre

FT, here.

Datenschützer wollen Cookie-Banner prüfen

Heise, hier. 

Epic Games v. Google

The Complaint, here. 

More of a river than a lake

IDFC, here. 

Fortnite Creator Sues Apple and Google After Ban From App Stores

NYTimes, here. 

Epic Games' Lawsuits Fire a Shot at Apple and Google's App Store 'Monopolies'

Wired, here. 

Epic Games v. Apple

The Complaint, here. 

Fortnite for Android has also been kicked off the Google Play Store

The Verge, here. 

Bataille à couteaux tirés entre « Fortnite » et les géants de la tech Apple et Google

Le Monde, ici. 

Fortnite v. Apple: The first ever antitrust complaint with video and hashtag

Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite, here.

Apple 1984 Super Bowl Commercial Introducing Macintosh Computer, here.

Compare also with this Almunia days' video 

Human Value as the North Star: Regulating pervasive platforms

Podcast, here. 

CUTS Webinar on ‘Optimal Governance of Non-Personal Data'

Ongoing, here. 

Servus, Amazon

Wiener Zeitung, hier. 

Apple’s antitrust woes stem from its obsessions with control and money

VentureBeat, here. 

India data-curb plan 'anathema', U.S. tech giants plan pushback

Reuters, here.
Submissions will be published here, eventually. 

Digital technologies in the public-health response to COVID-19

J. Budd et al., here. 

For Amazon, Mall Is Beautiful (Amazon se come al retail físico)

E. Dans, here. 

Germany's 'Lex Apple Pay': Payment Services Regulation Overtakes Competition Enforcement

J.-U. Franck, D. Linardatos, here. 

Market Power, Inequality, and Financial Instability

Federal Reserve Board, here. 

Advance notification of order to rectify unfairly processed and incorrect personal data - International Baccalaureate Organization

Norwegian Data Protection Authority, here.

Google Search Mobile Market Share Likely to Drop Around 20% through Search Preference Menus

DuckDuckGo, here. 

Facebook, Amazon and Google Emails Make an Antitrust Case...

Bloomberg, here (and here). 

Amazon Is a Private Government. Congress Needs to Step Up.

The Atlantic, here. 

ФАС признала Apple злоупотребившей доминирующим положением на рынке распространения приложений

ФАС, здесь

Banning TikTok: Are We Reproducing the Chinese Internet in America?

M. Stoller, here. 

Here’s why Apple believes it’s an AI leader—and why it says critics have it all wrong

Ars Technica, here. 

Jack Dorsey on Twitter’s Mistakes

The Daily, here. 

To Head Off Regulators, Google Makes Certain Words Taboo

The Markup, here. 

"Jeder Nutzer soll Herr über seine eigenen Daten sein"

SZ, hier. 

Economic Rents and the Contours of Conflict in the Data-driven Economy

D. Ciuriak, here. 

Google-Fitbit deal to be scrutinized in Europe over data competition concerns

TechCrunch, here. 

Antitrust Policy in the 21st Century: Is There a Need for Reform?

CPI, here. 

Make AI Enhance Your Productivity—Not A ‘Surveillance State’

C. Makridis, here. 

Platform for Disruption

With P. Malik, here. 

Letter: Europe is right to worry about Big Tech power

J. Eskanazi, here. 

SPARTOO : sanction de 250 000 euros et injonction sous astreinte de se conformer au RGPD

CNIL, ici. 

How open data could tame Big Tech’s power and avoid a breakup

P. Leblond, here. 

Data is an economic resource. Gopalakrishnan committee report shows how its value can be shared, governed

The Indian Express, here. 

Managing Privacy & Data Governance for Next Generation Architecture

InfoQ, here. 

Warum wir unsere Daten zurückfordern müssen

SZ, hier. 

Apple using machine learning for almost everything, and privacy-first approach actually better

B. Lovejoy, here. 

Microsoft expands TikTok takeover ambitions to entire global business

FT, here. 

WEBINAR ON THE “EX-POST ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF EUROPEAN COMPETITION POLICY”

EC and Lear, here. 

Dominant Tech Companies Should Live Under Enhanced Privacy Rules

Forbes, here. 

IS COVID-19 ACCELERATING AUTOMATION? LESSONS FOR THE ADVENT OF AI

Uva Darden, here. 

Redesigning Data Privacy: Reimagining Notice & Consent for human technology interaction

WEF, here. 

Facebook: Apple-Regeln führen zu minderwertigen iPhone-Apps

Heise.de, hier. 

Google launches Recommendations AI ecommerce tool in public beta

Venture Beat, here. 

Microsoft and Facebook blast Apple for restrictive rules on gaming apps

CNBC, here. 

Some thoughts on the Conseil National du Numérique interoperability study

I. Brown, here. 

Apple confirms cloud gaming services like xCloud and Stadia violate App Store guidelines

The Verge, here. 

Here’s why Apple believes it’s an AI leader—and why it says critics have it all wrong

ArsTechnica, here. 

We read hundreds of pages of emails that Congress collected from the biggest tech companies in the world — here are the most revealing things we found

CNBC, here. 

Digital Platforms and Antitrust

G. Parker, G. Petropoulos, M. Van Alstyne, here. 

Google/Fitbit

Privacy International's submission to the ACCC, here. 

Commission opens in-depth investigation into the proposed acquisition of Fitbit by Google

EC, here. 

We won! Home Office to stop using racist visa algorithm

JCWI, here. 

Credit Scoring: Negative credit rating generated without data

Noyb, here. 

Open Communications

ODI, here. 

Decentralised Banking: Are We There Yet?

The Banking Scene, here. 

The fight for digital sovereignty: what it is, and why it matters, especially for the EU

L. Floridi, here. 

CMA clears Amazon’s 16% investment in Deliveroo

Here. 

Der Umsetzung ein Stück näher

A. Wambach, hier. 

Sustainable Data Access

ODI, Podcast here. 

Tech Titans at Bay?

D. Coyle, here.

Shoshana Zuboff on surveillance capitalism

VPRO Documentary, here. 

EUROPE’S DIGITAL SOVEREIGNTY: FROM RULEMAKER TO SUPERPOWER IN THE AGE OF US-CHINA RIVALRY

ECFR, here. 

Citi’s New Credit Card Perk Gives Amazon Edge in Winning Big Orders

Bloomberg, here. 

Consumer Protection (E-commerce) Rules 2020: A Step In The Right Direction?

LiveLawIn, here. 

UK chemical industry warns of £1bn cost to duplicate EU regime

FT, here. 

Justice Department Is Scrutinizing Takeover of Credit Karma by Intuit, Maker of TurboTax

ProPublica, here. 

Boycotts Can’t Be a Test of Moral Purity

Z. Teachout, here. 

Facebook/Instagram: again

Non-personal data: Tread wisely in the new gold rush

B. Singh and K. Jain  

University mandates wearable COVID-19 tracker, sparking student protest

VentureBeat, here. 

Platform Rules: A Case Study of Samsung’s Failure in the Smartphone Platform Industry

H. Seo, here. 

Google signs up six more partners for its digital banking platform coming to Google Pay

TechCrunch, here. 

Amazon investing $10 billion to compete against SpaceX in satellite broadband

ArsTechnica, here.

Technology Theatre

CIGI, here.

Commission clears Alstom's acquisition of Bombardier, subject to conditions

EC, here. 

Top 10 Admissions from Tech CEOs Secured at the Antitrust Hearing

Tech(no)Bosses - click on image

H. Singer, here. 

Emails detail Amazon’s plan to crush a startup rival with price cuts

ArsTechnica, here. 

In a world first, Australia plans to force Facebook and Google to pay for news (but ABC and SBS miss out)

Rob (Nicholls), here. 

„Das Informatikstudium war eher langweilig“, sagt KI-Star Sepp Hochreiter

FAZ Digitec-Podcast, hier. 

Evaluating competition in the Internet’s infrastructure: a view of GAFAM from the Internet exchanges

J. Sowell, here. 

Documents from the Hearing on “Online Platforms and Market Power: Examining the Dominance of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google

US House Committee on the Judiciary, here. 

Guidance on AI and data protection

ICO, here. 

Google and Facebook to be forced to share revenue with media in Australia under draft code

The Guardian, here. 

Die Wichtigkeit von Transparenz im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung

FAZ, hier. 

London Stock Exchange may sell Milan bourse to secure Refinitiv deal

Reuters, here. 

China's central bank urges antitrust probe into Alipay, WeChat Pay - sources

Reuters, here. 

Regulating the Digital Economy

 Competition Commission of India, here.

Favorable ad search terms for Apple considered in deal with Amazon: documents

Reuters, here. 

Lego propose à l’Autorité des engagements afin de modifier sa politique de remise tarifaire

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

Google Search: Summer Read

Here. 

"Congressman, I'm really focused on getting users what they want"

Here.

Why it matters that TikTok wants to reveal its algorithms

Recode, here. 

Antitrust finally gets its hearing

C. Newton, here. 

The Triumphant Return of Congress

D. Dayen, here.

A New Paradigm for Business of Data

WEF, here. 

Big Tech Hearing: My Modest Take in a Tweet

Telegram is the latest company to make antitrust complaint against Apple

B. Lovejoy, here. 

Google’s $2bn Fitbit deal faces longer EU probe

FT, here. 

Interoperability as a tool for competition regulation

I. Brown, here. 

‘This Is a New Phase’: Europe Shifts Tactics to Limit Tech’s Power

NYTimes, here. 

Lawmakers want privacy protections included in coronavirus stimulus package

CNET, here. 

Margrethe to David

Here. 

Big Tech’s leaders squirm as documents reveal their power

FT, here. 

MYDATA OPERATOR 2020 STATUS AWARDED TO 16 ORGANISATIONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

MyData, here. 

Examining the dominance of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google

D. Ciciline, here.

Google’s business model ‘is the problem,’ David Cicilline says

The Verge, here. 

Amazon and aggregate data

Today’s Congressional Hearing Will Test Big Tech’s Simplest Algorithm: If An Ex-Regulator, Then Hire [either directly or indirectly - via a law office/thinktank/consulting firm]

The Ringer, here. 

"Indirectly the Buy Box does favor products that can be shipped with Prime"

Here. 

Google-Fitbit: In-depth merger control

C. Caffarra, here. 

‘INSTAGRAM CAN HURT US’: MARK ZUCKERBERG EMAILS OUTLINE PLAN TO NEUTRALIZE COMPETITORS

The Verge, here. 

Baidu's Review Fast Track

Here. 

Neutralize a potential competitor?

Here.

On Apple’s monopoly power to destroy HEY

DHH, here. 

WHO, WIPO, WTO launch updated study on access to medical technologies and innovation

WTO, here. 

Google’s ‘no choice’ screen on Android isn’t working, says Ecosia — querying the EU’s approach to antitrust enforcement

TechCrunch, here. 

Lawmakers From Both Sides Take Aim at Big Tech Executives

NWTimes, here. 

Amazon: Diapers.com

Here. 

Everything you need to know from the tech antitrust hearing

The Verge, here.

Canadian smart glasses going 'offline' weeks after company bought by Google

CTV News, here. 

Telegram files EU antitrust complaint against Apple’s App Store

FT, here. 

Apple Copycats

Here. 

Bezos Admits To Serious Issues For Retail Brands In Antitrust Inquiry. What Will Change?

Forbes, here. 

A plan for Indian self-sufficiency in an AI-driven world

P. Singh, here. 

#BigTechBarons Hearing Bingo

Amazon’s Monopoly Tollbooth

ILSR, here. 

Brazil antitrust watchdog questions Facebook's WhatsApp payment fees

Reuters, here.

Chinese state capitalism: A challenge for the European market economy

Monopolkommission, here. 

Missbrauchsaufsicht in der Plattformwirtschaft

Monopolkommission, hier. 

Wettbewerb in der Corona-Krise

Monopolkommission, hier. 

Proposal for a legal act of the European Parliament and the Council laying down requirements for Artificial Intelligence: IIA

Here. 

Summary Report on the open public consultation on the European strategy for data

EC, here. 

Gekommen um zu kaufen

SZ, hier. 

Implementing act on a list of High-Value Datasets: IIA

EC, here. 

THE hearing: A Memo

Here. 

A Balancing Act - Big Tech in India

Tandem Research, here. 

Label "Numérique Souveraineté France"

La Tribune, ici. 

A Handbook to Today’s Tech Hearing

NYTimes, here.

Four of the World’s Wealthiest Men Are Preparing for Battle

NYTimes, here. 

Bureau Symposium: Consumer Access to Financial Records

U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, here.

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 2040

Fraunhofer, hier.

Platformization in Europe

V. Lehdonvirta et al., here. 

Google reportedly keeps tabs on usage of rival Android apps to develop competitors

The Verge, here. 

How a Tech-Funded Think Tank Influence[d] Global Antitrust Regulators

NYTimes, here. 

European Digital Identity (EUid)

EC, Inception Impact Assessment, here. 

Three basic facts Congress must understand about Big Tech

ProtonMail, here. 

REGTECH: REGULATORY IMPACT ON DATA BY DESIGN

E. Chaltseva, here (published with permission).

This is a Master Student 's Thesis at Trento University that I really enjoyed supervising (mostly on Zoom, since February) but, especially, reading. Brava Ekaterina (молодец!) 

Department Of Justice Issues Business Review Letter To Monoclonal Antibody Manufacturers To Expedite And Increase The Production Of Covid-19 Mab Treatments

DoJ, here. 

Investiga COFECE posibles prácticas monopólicas relativas en el mercado de la producción, distribución y comercialización de oxígeno medicinal en el territorio nacional

COFECE, aquì.

Slack: Break up the Microsoft Teams bundle and let us interoperate

The Protocol, here. 

Conspiracy Theories

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, here.

BEREC Guidelines on the Implementation of the Open Internet Regulation

Here.

The Rare Parrot Monopolist

Audubon, here. 

Amazon Met With Startups About Investing, Then Launched Competing Products

WSJ, here. 

EU demands major concessions from Google over Fitbit deal

FT, here.

Tweet aging well, possibly...

ICO regulatory sandbox

ICO, here. 

Guidelines 06/2020 on the interplay of the Second Payment Services Directive and the GDPR - Version 1.0

EDPB, here. 

Viagogo/StubHub: Issues statement

CMA, here. 

Lignes directrices de l’Autorité de la concurrence relatives au contrôle des concentrations

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

Four Questions Congress Should Be Asking the Titans of Tech

Bloomberg, here. 

Online Platforms and Market Power, Part 6: Examining the Dominance of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google

US House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law, Wed July 29, 2020, 6 PM CEST, here. 

Apple releases study defending App Store’s 30% cut ahead of Tim Cook’s congressional testimony next week

CNBC, here. 

Ein App-Store für die Industrie

FAZ, hier (und hier). 

Slack v. Microsoft on Twitter

Here.

Whose century?

A. Tooze, here. 

Standards for Cybersecure IoT Devices: A Way Forward

M. Girard, here. 

WHAT IS IT ABOUT LOCATION?

K. Martin, H. Nissenbaum, here. 

India, Jio, and the Four Internets

Stratechery, here.

The old and the new of fintech

A. Boot et al., here.

The Amazon Critic Who Saw Its Power From the Inside

NYTimes, here. 

Avviata istruttoria nei confronti di Apple e Amazon per divieto vendita di prodotti a marchio Apple e Beats ai rivenditori che non aderiscono al programma ufficiale

AGCM, qui.

Europe must not rush Google-Fitbit deal

F. Bria et al., here.

New Blueprint for Platform Governance

H. Tworek, here. 

Case AT.39711 – Qualcomm (predation)

Decision here. 

Slack Accuses Microsoft of Illegally Crushing Competition

NYTimes, here.