Big tech companies snap up smaller rivals at record pace

FT, here.  

Big Data, Big Questions: Implications for Competition and Consumers

 Chez Senator Klobuchar, here.

The Commission adopts a Statement of Objections in view of adopting interim measures following Illumina's early acquisition of GRAIL

 EC, here. 

Early draft*s* of the DMA proposal: A take

 Coalition for App Fairness, here. 

Beyond Debiasing

 EDRi, here.

THE USE OF DIGITAL PLATFORMS IN THE EU’S BANKING AND PAYMENTS SECTOR

 EBA, here.

Comments regarding the draft revised VBER and VGL as published on 9 July 2021

 Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and the Bundeskartellamt, here. 

...Regulators Tell Wall Street Execs New Rules Won't Stifle Tech

 PYMNTS, here. 

Taming the power of (very) Big Tech: Where are we? Where are we heading to?

 Today, Presentation here. 

The promised link to the event on "regulators talking to eachother" here

TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUSINESS ACT PROHIBITING FORCED IN-APP PAYMENT METHODS GOES INTO EFFECT

 Korea Communications Commission, here.

Google Is Getting Caught in the Global Antitrust Net

Wired, here.  

“It’s Not Easy Being a Schumpeterian”

 R. Langlois, here. 

In praise of market investigations...

 CMA, here. 

A Suggested Revision of the 2020 Vertical Merger Guidelines (July 7, 2021)

 S. Salop, here. 

L’IGN et les communs

 SYNTHESE DES 165 CONTRIBUTIONS DE LA CONSULTATION PUBLIQUE, ici. 

Intuit to buy Mailchimp for $12 billion.

 NYTimes, here. 

Why Facebook is using Ray-Ban to stake a claim on our faces

 MIT Tecchnology Review, here. 

Non-HSR Reported Acquisitions by Select Technology Platforms, 2010–2019: An FTC Study

 FTC, here. 

Open FTC: Findings from the Commission’s inquiry into large technology platforms’ unreported acquisitions

 Live, soon, here. 

Sektoruntersuchung Mobile Apps

 Bundeskartellamt, Bericht hier. 

Why Turkey’s Regulators Became Such a Problem for Google

 NYTimes, here. 

How France tamed Google

 Wired, here. 

L’autorité luxembourgeoise de protection des données a prononcé à l’encontre d’Amazon Europe Core une amende de 746 millions d’euros

 CNIL, ici. 

CMA accuses pharma firms of illegal pricing

 CMA, here. 

EssilorLuxottica / Lenstec Merger Inquiry

 CMA, here. 

Apple accuses CBA of ‘misleading’ digital wallets inquiry

 InnovationAus, here. 

Commission starts investigation for possible breach of the standstill obligation in Illumina / GRAIL transaction

 EC, here. 

Pièces détachées automobiles : l’Autorité de la concurrence se félicite de l’ouverture partielle à la concurrence de la vente des pièces détachées automobiles visibles

 Adlc, ici.

Wettbewerbschancen bei Strombörsen, E-Ladesäulen und Wasserstoff nutzen

 Monopolkommission, hier.

Sony’s purchase of AWAL raises competition concerns

 CMA, here. 

Kreditwirtschaft fordert Wahlfreiheit beim Bezahlen an E-Ladesäulen

 Heise.de, hier. 

Apple’s grip on App Store loosened by US judge

 FT, here. 

Competition Policy in Support of Europe’s Green Ambition

 EC, here. 

Unlawful monopolies only benefit monopolists

 DoJ, here. 

Google found guilty of restricting Android forks in South Korea, fined $177 million

 The Verge, here. 

Intelligence artificielle et droit de la concurrence

 Séminaire, ici. 

FTC v. Facebook

 District Court, here. 

Amended Complaint, here. 

Google Is Getting Caught in the Global Antitrust Net

 Wired, here. 

THE DIGITAL MARKETS ACT BACK TO THE "FORM-BASED" FUTURE?

 CompassLexecon, here (paid by Google).

Public consultation on the draft revised Regulation on vertical agreements and vertical guidelines

 EC, here. 

Eyes Everywhere: Amazon's Surveillance Infrastructure and Revitalizing a Fair Marketplace

 Open Markets, here. 

Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy

 President Biden, here. 

Let’s Make Google a Public Good

 NYTimes, here. 

Public consultation: Proposal for the creation of a sandbox for sustainability and competition in the Greek market (too late?)

 Hellenic Competition Commission, here. 

Demystifying the Draft EU Artificial Intelligence Act

 M. Veale et al., here. 

What China Expects From Businesses: Total Surrender

 NYTimes, here. 

Competition and Innovation in Digital Markets

 BEIS Research Paper, here. 

Plusieurs marques et fabricants de lunettes sanctionnés pour prix de vente imposés et restriction de vente sur Internet

 Adlc, ici. 

Unlocking the value of data: Exploring the role of data intermediaries

 UK Gov, here. 

“Old Chicago” and Freiburg: Why Ordoliberalism Was No “German Oddity”

 ProMarket, here. 

The Autorité de la concurrence hands out a €220 millions fine to Google for favouring its own services in the online advertising sector

 Adlc, here.

Decision ici and here. 

Commission opens in-depth investigation into proposed acquisition of Kustomer by Facebook

 EC, here. 

The CMA was already on it, here. 

Building a comprehensive and competitive electric vehicle charging sector that works for all drivers

 CMA, here. 

How the EU Can Achieve Legally Trustworthy AI: A Response to the European Commission’s Proposal for an Artificial Intelligence Act

 K. Yeung et al., here. 

Design choices: Mechanism design and platform capitalism

 S. Viljoen et al. here. 

Data Empowerment and Protection Architecture: Concept and Assessment

 V. Kathuria, here. 

Apple and Google Are Gearing Up to Fight a New App Store Bill

 Wired, here. 

Algorithms and Economic Justice: A Taxonomy of Harms and a Path Forward for the Federal Trade Commission

R. Slaughter, here.  

Sovereignty 2.0

 A. Chander, H. Sun, here. 

International coherence in digital platform regulation: an economic perspective on the US and EU proposals

 Tobin Center for Economic Policy at Yale, here. 

Facebook’s takeover of Giphy raises competition concerns

 CMA, here. 

Provisional Findings Report here.

The New Antitrust/Data Privacy Law Interface

 E. Douglas, here. 

Henry Simons’s Positive Program for Laissez-Faire

 M. Rizzo, here. 

Taking Control of the Data Pipeline

Podcast, here.  

Opinion 11/2021 on the Proposal for a Directive on consumer credits

 EDPS, here. 

Why Privacy Experts Need a Place at the Antitrust Table

 C. Caffarra, J. Ryan, here. 

Participatory data stewardship

 Ada Lovelace Institute, here. 

The Data Economy: Market Size and Global Trade

 D. Coyle, W. Li, here. 

Google, Apple Forced to Open App Store Pay Systems in South Korea

 Bloomberg, here. 

Private enforcement and the Digital Markets Act

 R. Podszun, here. 

Unscrambling the eggs: breaking up consummated mergers and dominant firms

 J. Kwoka, T. Valletti, here. 

Japan Fair Trade Commission closes App Store investigation

 Reuters, here. 

Google appeals France's 'disproportionate' $591 million fine in copyright row

 Reuters, here. Decision ici; press release here.

WhatsApp fined a record 225 mln euro by Ireland over privacy

 Reuters, here. 

Decision here. 

The Google Choice Screen

 FairSearch, here. 

Les organismes professionnels

 Adlc, Etude ici. 

Rules-based versus principles-based regulation – is there a clear front-runner?

 Ofcom, here. 

What are we regulating for?

 C. Caffarra, here. 

TALKING TO THE COMPETITION AND MARKETS AUTHORITY ABOUT APPLE

 S. Langridge, here. 

B. Lawson, here. 

Global Comprehensive Privacy Law Mapping Chart

 Iapp, here. 

Décision n° 21-D-21 du 9 septembre 2021 relative à des pratiques mises en œuvre dans le secteur du transport routier de marchandises

 Adlc, ici. 

The future of the App Store depends on the difference between a ‘button’ and an ‘external link’

 The Verge, here. 

The judgment, here. 

Beijing to break up Ant’s Alipay and force creation of separate loans app

 FT, here.

On Google’s Sandbox/FLoC Proposal: Comments Submitted to UK-CMA

 DLI, here. 

Know all about Account Aggregator Network- a financial data-sharing system

 India Ministry of Finance, here. 

DPC launches two inquiries into TikTok concerning compliance with GDPR requirements relating to the processing of childrens’ personal data and transfers of data to China

 DPC, here. 

China’s new regulation of platforms: a message for American policymakers

 T. Wheeler, here. 

Resuming blog posting today - after the update avalanche

Gatekeepers' Interoperability Mandates: A Contextual Analysis of the Italian Android Auto (Google Maps / Enel) Decision

 My today's presentation, here. 

Online advertising: the impact of targeted advertising on advertisers, market access and consumer choice

Publication for the committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, Policy Department for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies, European Parliament, here. 

Privacy, data and competition

 T. Valletti, Presentation here. 

Verfahren gegen Apple nach neuen Digitalvorschriften (§ 19a Abs. 1 GWB) – Bundeskartellamt prüft Apples marktübergreifende Bedeutung für den Wettbewerb

 Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

Big Tech: how can we promote competition in digital platform markets?

 A. Fletcher, here. 

Android Auto, our connected car service, lets consumers choose between rival services

 Google, here. 

Possible futures for the smart home

 Sonos, here. 

Algorithms: how they can reduce competition and harm consumers - Summary of responses to the consultation

 CMA, here. 

Feedback received, here. 

Soziale Marktwirtschaft in der digitalen Zukunft

 Foresight-Bericht (BMWi), hier. 

In Defence of Democracy and the Rule of Law in the Age of “Artificial Intelligence”

 Transatlantic Reflection Group on Democracy and the Rule of Law in the Age of “Artificial Intelligence, here. 

Wir fordern 17 Maßnahmen, um die Macht der Tech-Konzerne hier und jetzt zu brechen

 Handelsblatt, hier. 

The role of the arts and humanities in thinking about artificial intelligence (AI)

 J. Tasioulas, here. 

The Internet moment

 J. Zittrain, here. 

The European Commission’s Artificial Intelligence Act

 M. Schaake, here. 

Why the DMA is much more than competition law (and should not be treated as such)

 A. Reyna, here. 

An Algorithmic Bon Marché? Platform Governance In Urban Spaces

 J. Jackson, here. 

Protecting Competition and Innovation in Home Technologies

 Klobuchar Subcommittee, Video here. 

CMA to scrutinise Apple and Google mobile ecosystems

 Here.

Mobile ecosystems market study, Statement of scope here. 

UK’s CMA opens market study into Apple, Google’s mobile “duopoly”

 TechCrunch, here. 

The Cornwall Consensus Suggests a More “Market-Shaping” Approach to Fostering Resilience

 UCL, here. 

Courtesy translation of Decision KVR 69/19 rendered by the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice) on 23/06/2020 provided by the Bundeskartellamt.

 Here.

Europe needs to back browser-level controls to fix cookie consent nightmares, says privacy group

 TechCrunch, here. 

U.S. Supreme Court revives LinkedIn bid to shield personal data

 Reuters, here. 

Notes on Google's Commitments to the CMA

 R. Berjon, here. 

Dems are going after Big Tech. It’ll affect almost everything you do online.

 Politico.com, here. 

OECD FRAMEWORK FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF AI SYSTEMS – PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON PRELIMINARY FINDINGS

 OECD, here. 

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): the Court specifies the conditions for the exercise of the national supervisory authorities’ powers with respect to the cross-border processing of data

 CJEU, here. 

Competition policy: staying the course in times of change

 M. Vestager, here. 

The GDPR, Privacy and Monopoly

 C. Doctorow, here. 

Advancing civic participation in algorithmic decision-making

 Data Justice Lab, here. 

How online ads discriminate

 EDRi, here. 

The BIS Innovation Hub and central bank innovation

 A. Cartens, here. 

Google won’t end support for tracking cookies unless UK’s competition watchdog agrees

 Techcrunch, here. 

Friday: CMA to have key oversight role over Google’s planned removal of third-party cookies

 CMA, here. 

Meet Big Tech’s Male Tormenter in Chief

Draft Wölken Report

 EP, here. 

Global banking regulator urges toughest capital rules for crypto

 FT, here. 

The creator economy is running into the Apple Tax — this startup is fighting back

 The Verge, here. 

Meet Big Tech’s Female Tormenters in Chief

 Sway, transcript here, audio here. 

The future of data trusts and the global race to dominate AI

 A. Artyushina, here. 

New York Is Close to Passing the Most Important Antitrust Law in a Generation

 Vice, here. 

Governing digital platforms: policy options for a principled future

 

The great A. Gawer, Video here. 

Her Report with Nick Srnicek here.

(and a visual reminder)

PRELIMINARY REPORT - SECTOR INQUIRY INTO CONSUMER INTERNET OF THINGS

EC Staff Working Document, here.  

Some arbitrary highlights here

Ohio’s attorney general wants Google to be declared a public utility.

 NYTimes, here (anything to do with recent Google Antitrust developments in the EU and its MS?). 

PRIVACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE

 J. Tirole in Trento, here. 

Governing health innovation for the common good

 The WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All, here. 

Leistungsschutzrecht: Facebook holt Erlaubnis zur Gratisnutzung von Verlagen

 Heise.de, hier. 

BUILDING RESILIENT SUPPLY CHAINS, REVITALIZING AMERICAN MANUFACTURING, AND FOSTERING BROAD-BASED GROWTH

 The White House, here. 

Google and France agree on ad-tech interop

 C. Doctorow, here (and here). 

Dow/Dupont: Another Step Towards a Proper Assessment Concept of Innovation Effects of Mergers

 W. Kerber and Simonetta, the 2019 draft paper that never made it to a final version (drawers full of them), here.

Google ditches pay-to-play Android search choice auction for free version after EU pressure

 TechCrunch, here.

Changes to the Android Choice Screen in Europe

 

Google, here. 

DATA SOVEREIGNTY AND DATA ECONOMY - TWO REPULSIVE FORCES?

 Fraunhofer, here. 

Device Neutrality

 CERRE Report, here. 

Google fined € 220 million by French Autorité de la concurrence for breaching competition law in ad tech; offers commitments

 D. Katsifis, here. 

Meituan and Didi Chuxing warned by China’s pricing watchdog to protect ‘market price order’

 SCMP, here. 

Privacy by Default, Abuse by Design: EU Competition Concerns About Apple's New App Tracking Policy

T. Hoppner, P. Westerhoff, here.  

Antitrust Enforcement and Big Tech: After the Remedy Is Ordered

 J. Himes, J. Nieh, R. Schnell, here. 

Avis relatif à une demande d’avis de la commission des Affaires culturelles et de l’Éducation de l’Assemblée nationale dans le secteur des musiques actuelles

 Adcl, ici.

Dans le cadre d’une instruction ouverte devant l’Autorité dans le secteur de la publicité en ligne, Facebook propose des engagements.

 Adlc, ici. 

Austrian Federal Competition Authority files application to fine Facebook for failing to notify GIPHY acquisition

 AFCA, here. 

Data portability, interoperability and digital platform competition

 OECD Background Paper, here. 

L’Autorité de la concurrence sanctionne Google à hauteur de 220 millions d’euros pour avoir favorisé ses propres services dans le secteur de la publicité en ligne

 Adlc, ici. 

Should gatekeepers be allowed to combine data? Ideas for Art. 5(a) of the draft Digital Markets Act

 R. Podszun, here. 

Abuse without dominance and monopolisation without monopoly

O. Brook, M. Eben, here.  

Simonetta Vezzoso ‘Competition Policy in Transition: Exploring Data Portability’s Roles’ (2021)

 

Antitrust Digest, here (remember that Ascola 2020 presentation?).

Bundeskartellamt examines Google News Showcase

 Here.

Wertschöpfung durch Software in Deutschland

 Fraunhofer, hier.

The European Legislation on AI: a Brief Analysis of its Philosophical Approach

 L. Floridi, here. 

Competition Law as Collective Bargaining Law

 N. Tankus, L. Herrine, here. 

CMA investigates Facebook’s use of ad data

 CMA, here. 

EC opens investigation into possible anticompetitive conduct of Facebook

 EC, here. 

REGULATORY SCRUTINY BOARD OPINION on the EDI

 Here. 

Towards a New Legal Framework for AI in Europe: Assessing the European Commission’s proposed AI Regulation

Jon Bing Memorial Seminar 2021, Video here. 

IIA of the DGA ;-)

 Here. 

Gadgets have stopped working together, and it’s becoming an issue

 The Guardian, here. 

Governance of Ad Requests by a Union of Diverse Actors (GARUDA)

 R. Berjon, here. 

Maintaining a Level Playing Field When Big Tech Disrupts the Financial Services Sector

 T. Smith, D. Geradin, here. 

Computational Competition Law and Economics

 HCC, BRICS et al., here. 

Initial Appraisal of the DMA's IA ;-)

 EPRS, here. 

PUISSANCE DES PLATEFORMES NUMERIQUES, TERRITOIRES ET SOUVERAINETES

 D. Boullier, ici. 

Making the Digital Markets Act more resilient and effective

 CERRE, here. 

Amazon Prime Is an Economy-Distorting Lie

 M. Stoller, here. 

The real Schwab Report

 Here.

Increasing DMA's flexibility: A leak

😶 (in the service of science), here. 

CMA welcomes Tribunal judgment in Sabre case

 CMA, here. 

Europe’s Digital Future

 A. Bradford and M. Vestager, here (and here).

The Art to Make Gatekeeper Positions Contestable and the Challenge to Know What is Fair: A Discussion of the Digital Markets Act Proposal

 H. Schweitzer, here. 

Amsterdam, Berlin and Paris callling re DMA

 

The Big Deal in Amazon’s Antitrust Case

 NYTimes, here. 

'Apple is eating our lunch': Google employees admit in lawsuit that the company made it nearly impossible for users to keep their location private

 Business Insider, here. 

Google’s plans to bring AI to education make its dominance in classrooms more alarming

 FastCompany, here. 

The Proposed DMA: What Kind of (Regulatory) Animal Is It?

 

Me, presentation here. 

A disturbing, viral Twitter thread reveals how AI-powered insurance can go wrong

 Recode, here. 

Nine things we learned from the Epic v. Apple trial

The Verge, here.  

How Not to Launch a Digital Currency

 K. Pistor, here. 

Data fairness: A new social contract for the 21st century economy

 Omidyar Network, here. 

In battle for privacy, antitrust watchdogs throw their hat in the ring

 Politico.eu, here. 

In Apple’s War On Developers, Users Are the Biggest Losers

 Wired, here. 

Once Tech’s Favorite Economist, Now a Thorn in Its Side

 NYTimes, here. 

Why China cracked down on Bitcoin

 Fortune, here. 

More Competitive Search Through Regulation

 Tobin Center for Economic Policy at Yale, here. 

China’s Influence in Global Data Governance Explained: The Beijing Effect

 T. Streinz, M. Erie, here. 

Data Minimization

 Access Now, here. 

Algorithmic Search and Recommendation Systems: The Brightside, the Darkside, and Regulatory Answers

 My dear Friend Oliver (Budzinski), here. 

Die deutsche Blockchain-Strategie:Stand der Umsetzung und Ausblick

 Hier. 

Council on DMA

 Here. 

The Commission’s SO to Apple and anticompetitive effects: A Rejoinder

 D. Geradin (read disclosure), here. 

A New Antitrust Case Cuts to the Core of Amazon’s Identity

 Wired, here. 

The Amazonian Era: How algorithmic systems are eroding good work

 IFOW, here. 

The proposed AI regulation

 Ars Boni, Video here. 

In letter to US subcommittee, Apple responds to anticompetitive complaints from Spotify, Match and Tile

 9TO5Mac, here. 

Today's Google infringement decision: AGCM

 Decisione, qui (DeepL translation here  - Kevin's (Coates) courtesy) 

A very biased first reading in the form of a Twitter thread, here.

Education data: what’s the problem?

 Digital Futures Commision, here. 

DeFi, Disintermediation, and the Regulatory Path Ahead

 Diem & Co., here. 

Order of the HmbBfDI: Ban of further processing of WhatsApp user data by Facebook

 Hamburg Privacy Cop, here. 

“Anti-Subsidy” Regulation – A New Big Stick in the EU Regulatory Arsenal

 NRF, here. 

Adtech and Real-Time Bidding under European Data Protection Law

 M. Veale, F. Borgesius, here. 

Apple accused of breaking UK competition law by overcharging for apps

 The Guardian, here. 

Evaluation support study on the EU competition rules applicable to horizontal cooperation agreements in the HBERs and the Guidelines

 Prepared for the EC, here. 

The Proposed Digital Markets Act (DMA): A Legal and Policy Review

 N. Petit, here. 

Aadhaar: How did we throw the baby out with the bath water?

 S. Kochhar, here. 

CAT upholds infringement decision for pay for delay pharma deals

 CMA, here. 

FTC calls out Apple in report on ‘anti-competitive repair restrictions’

 9to5mac.com, here. 

PayPal’s digital payments boom could invite antitrust probes, say experts

 Verdict, here. 

Bank of Italy and BIS Innovation Hub invite global innovators to take up G20 green finance challenge

 Banca d'Italia, here. 

Treasury to open up Consumer Data Right

 InnovationAus, here. 

A STUDY ON COMMUNITY-LED PLATFORMS

 EP Greens/EFA group, here. 

The Global Battle Over Data

 With Margrethe, at the EUI, Video here. 

Neither interoperability nor data sharing will solve transnational monopoly

 J. Bryson, here. 

Pro - competitive sharing of financial data and the spectre of surveillance capitalism - (On regulatory responses to the “ Surveillance Paradox”)

 Sharing my presentation, here (share your comments, please!).

Why We Need a Data Exchange Board to Improve the EU Data Governance Act

 Support Centre for Data Sharing, here. 

Data co-op whitewashing

 T. Scholz, I. Calzada, here. 

A New Order: The Digital Services Act and Consumer Protection

 C. Cauffman, C. Goanta, here. 

Missbrauchsbeschwerde der Medien- und Werbewirtschaft gegen Apple beim Bundeskartellamt

 ZAW, hier. 

What’s behind the Apple-Facebook feud?

 NYTimes, here. 

GAIA-X: Europäischer Cloud-Standard

 B. Otto, hier. 

The UK’s plan to tackle big tech won’t be one-size fits all

 TechCrunch, here. 

Essays on the Economics of the Pharmaceutical Industry

 M. Newham, here. 

ECJ to issue preliminary ruling on German FCO-Facebook case

 CMS, here. 

Time for a New Antitrust Era: Refocusing Antitrust Law to Invigorate Competition in the 21st Century

 R. Zev Mahari et al., here. 

Select Committee on Australia as a Technology and Financial Centre

 AU Senate, here. 

Marine insurers full steam ahead for data & analytics

 Insurance Business Mag, here. 

Apple vs The Paradox of Choice!

 CuriosityStream, here. 

BEREC Workshop on Market Entry in the context of the Digital Markets Act (DMA)

 Video here. 

The French Apple competition & privacy case

 V. Giovannini, here. 

Microsoft supports new rules for gatekeepers

 Microsoft, here. 

Myth vs Fact on Big Tech Monopolies

 AELP, here. 

Leitlinien für die Vereinbarkeit des Genossenschaftswesens mit dem Kartellrecht: Entwurf

 Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

10 MISUNDERSTANDINGS RELATED TO ANONYMISATION

 AEPD, here. 

How to know you are a 'data intermediary' under the Data Governance Act

 Iapp, here. 

Experimental Regulations for AI: Sandboxes for Morals and Mores

 S. Ranchordas, here. 

What is Ours is Only Ours to Give

 Crooked Timber, here. 

Das uneingelöste Versprechen? - Daten, die Lockdowns hätten verhindern können

 KAS, hier. 

The conflict between CBDC goals and design choices

 VoxEU, here. 

Dark Patterns Workshop

 FTC, Video here. 

Die Planification der EU

 FAZ, hier. 

How Big Pharma Finds Sick Users on Facebook

 The Markup, here. 

Apple Discussed 'Punitive Measures' Against Netflix for Dropping In-App Purchases

 MacRumors, here. 

Foreign subsidies regulation

Clifford Chance, here.  

Design Principles for Data Spaces

 OpenDei, here. 

Uber/Autocap: the decision

 CMA, here. 

REGULATION OF DIGITAL PLATFORMS AS INFRASTRUCTURES FOR SERVICES OF GENERAL INTEREST

 C. Busch, here. 

Economic Power and New Business Models in Competition Law and Economics: Ontology and New Metrics

 I. Lianos, B. Carballa Smichowski, here. 

EC Commission sends Statement of Objections to Apple on App Store rules for music streaming providers

 

Here.

App Marketplaces

 ACCC, Digital platform services inquiry Interim report No. 2, here. 

Joint statement on merger control enforcement

 CMA, ACCC, Bundeskartellamt, here. 

After Google and Facebook: The Future of Journalism and Democracy

 Open Markets Institute, here. 

Antitrust Applied: Examining Competition in App Stores

 Klobuchar Hearing, here. 

Apple to boost ads business as iPhone changes hurt Facebook

 FT, here. 

China’s central bank fights Jack Ma’s Ant Group over control of data

 FT, here. 

Some Khan Art

 

Facebook: Fragen

 Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf, Beschluss, hier. 

The Bank of England and fintech: public support for private innovation

 Bank of England, here. 

The antitrust orthodoxy is blind to real data harms

C. Caffarra, G. Crawford, J. Ryan, here. 

Europe's Proposed Limits on AI Would Have Global Consequences

 Wired, here. 

RBI moves to bring more parity between fintechs and banks

 ORF, here. 

‘A State in the disguise of a Merchant’: Tech Leviathans and the rule of law

 OfTheWedge, here. 

Rethinking Data in the Platform World: Alternative Data Governance

Automated Decision-Making and Society, Data Governance here; Market and Platforms  here.

New rules for Artificial Intelligence – Questions and Answers

EC, here.  

EU’s AI proposal must go further to prevent surveillance and discrimination

 EDRI, here. 

MailOnline sues Google for allegedly hiding links to its articles

 The Guardian, here. 

Humanizing Automation

 B. Schneiderman, here. 

Illumina’s $7.1 billion play for cancer startup Grail faces global headwinds

 MLex Podcast, here. 

When your journal reads you

 Elephant in the lab, here. 

DATENSCHUTZ UND DATENSICHERHEIT IN DATENÖKOSYSTEMEN

 IIP-Ecosphere Whitepaper, hier. 

Artificial Intelligence and Unfair Competition – Unveiling an Underestimated Building Block of the AI Regulation Landscape

 S. Scheuerer, here. 

Demande d’avis du Médiateur du cinéma sur les modalités de sortie des films en salle

 Adlc, ici. 

Data Ethics of Power A Human Approach to Big Data and AI

G. Hasselbalch, PhD defence presentation here; Thesis here.

Turkey: Google abused its dominant position

 Decision here (very succinct version, motivations to come - Google Translate).

Scoping paper – Competition law enforcement at the intersection between competition, consumer protection, and privacy

 ICN, here (old but fresh).

Eurosystem report on the public consultation on a digital euro

 ECB, here. 

China Warns 34 Tech Firms to Curb Excess in Antitrust Review

 Bloomberg, here (and here Google Translation)

Italy vetoes takeover of semiconductor firm by Chinese company Shenzhen - sources

 Reuters, here. 

Productivity Versus Power: The Role of Law and Technology, (Mis)perceptions and Ideology

 O. Bar-Gill, Y. Benkler, here. 

Rethinking Competition: From Market Failures to Ecosystem Failures

 M. Jacobides, I. Lianos, here. 

Big Tech doublespeak on AI ethics

 K. Hao, here. 

Leaked 2-month old draft EU AI Regulation

 Here. 

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Upholds FTC’s Opinion against Generic Pharmaceutical Company Impax Laboratories, LLC

 FTC, here. 

What do consumer associations really think of the DMA and the DSA?

 DSA, here; DMA, here. 

Why it’s easier to move country than switch social media

 C. Doctorow, here. 

The new US antitrust administration

 Concurrences, here. 

Jack Ma’s Ant called to end anti-competition in payments

 TechCrunch, here (and here).

Three Surprises in the Supreme Court’s Google v. Oracle Decision

 P. Samuelson, here. 

Digital Cluster Markets

 H. Hovenkamp, here. 

Can Computational Antitrust Succeed?

Stanford Computational Antitrust podcast, here. 

Data Trusts: Next Steps And Link To Financial Institutions

 IFC, here. 

FTC urges courts not to dismiss Facebook antitrust case

 ArsTechnica, here. 

THREE QUESTIONS THAT WILL DECIDE EPIC V. APPLE

 The Verge, here. 

Indikatorik und Governance-Ansätze zur Analyse und regulatorischen Gestaltung datenbasierter Märkte in Deutschland

 Tilburg University, hier. 

What Critics Don’t Understand About NFTs

 J. Zittrain, W. Marks, here. 

UK software reseller sues Microsoft for £270m

 FT, here. 

How the Supreme Court saved the software industry from API copyrights

 ArsTechnica, here. 

GUTACHTEN ZUR PSD2-UMSETZUNG IN DEUTSCHLAND

 VZBV, hier.

PRIVATSPHÄRE BEI DIGITALEN FINANZDIENSTLEISTUNGEN SCHÜTZEN

 VZBV, hier.

Amazon BuyBox und die Monopolkommission

 Das Erste, hier. 

Bafin schafft unabhängiges Vergleichsportal für Girokonten

 Handelsblatt, hier.

Adtech and Real-Time Bidding under European Data Protection Law

 M. Veale, F. Borgesius, here. 

5th Annual Conference on FinTech and Regulation: New Challenges and New Solutions

 Videos here.  

Digital Markets Unit (non-statutory) - terms of reference

 CMA, here. 

EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion on the Digital Green Certificate

 Here. 

Anticipated acquisition by Crowdcube Limited of Seedrs Limited: Provisional findings report

 CMA, here. And FT, here. 

Facebook’s Kustomer buy could face EU probe after merger referral

 TechCrunch, here. 

Facebook acquisition of Kustomer, and concerns about data protection

 J. Ryan, here. 

The Case for Waiving Intellectual Property Protection for Covid-19 Vaccines

 P. Ranjan, here. 

Online platforms: Economic and societal effects

 EPRS Study, here. 

Lessons for industrial policy from development of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine

 Industrial Strategy Council, here. 

Food Data Trust

 Food Standards Agency, here. 

Not Just Personal Data Stores

 MyDex, here. 

Comfort letter: cooperation at a Matchmaking Event – Towards COVID19 vaccines upscale production

 EC, here. 

Annabelle Gawer : « La régulation des plateformes digitales est une question géopolitique »

 Influencia, here. 

Apple invests $50M into music distributor UnitedMasters alongside a16z and Alphabet

 TechCrunch, here. 

Adaptive Antitrust

 M. Meagher, here. 

Workshop on Governing online platforms: policy options for shaping a principled digital future

 EP, Video here. 

Justice Thomas argues for making Facebook, Twitter and Google utilities

 Protocol, here. 

The Supreme Court sided with Google in its epic copyright fight against Oracle

 TechCrunch, here. 

“Power Is Evil in Itself”: The Ordoliberal Quest for a Privilege-Free Order

 ProMarket, here. 

Victory for Fair Use: The Supreme Court Reverses the Federal Circuit in Oracle v. Google

 EFF, here. 

Google v. Oracle: The End

 Mark Lemley explains (from 05:30), here; the Court here. 

Großes Kino am OLG Düsseldorf: Facebook vs. Bundeskartellamt

 Bei Anruf Wettbewerb, Podcast hier.

Commission announces evaluation results and follow-up measures on jurisdictional and procedural aspects of EU merger control

 EC, here.

Personal Data Governance

 

Harry van der Velde of Zicht 

Digitale Souveränität: acatech IMPULS entwirft Schichtenmodell als Handlungsrahmen für die EU

 Acatech, hier. 

Facebook interdicted in fight with South Africa’s GovChat

 Tech Central, here. 

Facebook’s purchase of Giphy raises competition concerns

 CMA, here. 

Artificial intelligence and intellectual property: Consultation Results

UK Gov, here. 

Commission clears acquisition of GrandVision by EssilorLuxottica, subject to conditions

 EC, here. 

European competitiveness in the digital future

 M. Vestager, here. 

The Case for Data Portability as a Privacy Protection in the Digital Age

IWGDPT, here. 

Lego-Bausteine sind für das Europäische Gericht schützenswert

 Heise.de, hier. 

FACEBOOK: NEXT STOP EUROPE

 R. Podszun, here. 

A Proposal for an International Agreement: The International Instrument on Permitted Uses in Copyright Law

 R. Hilty, V. Moscon, here. 

French data protection watchdog casts doubt on Apple’s privacy compliance

 Politico.eu, here. 

The Justice Department is worried about an anime monopoly after the Sony deal

 The Verge, here. 

And now for something totally different: Friedrich von Hayek and Robert Bork

 Part I, Part II, Part III.

Islands in the Stream: Musicians are in peril, at the mercy of giant monopolies that profit off their work.

 D. Dayen, here. 

The EU, Competition Law and Workers’ Rights

 N. Countouris, V. De Stefano, I. Lianos, here. 

On the governance of privacy-preserving systems

 L. Olejnik, here. 

Italian Section 19a GWB on AGCM's wishlist

SEGNALAZIONE ai sensi degli artt. 21 e 22 della legge 10 ottobre 1990, n. 287
in merito a: Proposte di riforma concorrenziale, ai fini della Legge Annuale per il Mercato e la Concorrenza anno 2021, qui.

Decent DeepL translation of the proposed provision here. 

What Google’s Privacy Sandbox Means for Internet Governance

 CIGI, here. 

Facebook faces antitrust probe by UK regulator

 FT, here. 

Why I agree with the Google-Fitbit decision

 P. Régibeau, here. 

ADIs: New entrants – a pathway to sustainability

 APRA, here. 

Ruling and remedies on the case No.110110-242019 against Apple Inc. (abuse of dominant position in the market for distributing mobile apps on the iOS operating system)

 FAS, here. 

Reviving Competition, Part 3: Strengthening the Laws to Address Monopoly Power

 House Committee on the Judiciary, here. 

Multi-CBDC arrangements and the future of crossborder payments

 BIS, here. 

DPC correspondence with LIBE Committee

 Here. 

Data for Good

 DCC, here. 

Notice on tools to fight collusion in public procurement and on guidance on how to apply the related exclusion ground

 EC, here. 

Privacy washing, dites vous?

 Yahoo, here. 

You can be heroes

 M. Vestager, here. 

The EDPS not happy with the DGA

 Speech here. 

Inteligencia Artificial: retos y oportunidades

CNMC, aquì.  

The Neglected Concern of Firm Size in Pharmaceutical Mergers

 P. Danzon, M. Carrier, here. 

La CNIL ouvre une enquête sur l’application Clubhouse

 Ici. 

Décision Apple ATT (mesures conservatoires)

 AdlC, ici. 

The FTC Google Memos

 Here and here. 

FTC Announces Multilateral Working Group to Build a New Approach to Pharmaceutical Mergers

FTC, here. 

Google Play drops commissions to 15% from 30%, following Apple’s move last year Manish Singh

 TechCrunch, here. 

Amended AGs Google Complaint

 Here. 

BEREC on the DMA and Ex-Ante

 Here. 

Google wanted to ‘own’ the mobile search market. The U.S. let it.

 Politico.com, here. 

How Washington fumbled the future: The Google Files

 Politico.com, here. 

Big techs in finance: regulatory approaches and policy options

 BIS, here.

News Corp Australia, Nine strike Facebook content deals

 SMH, here. 

China’s tech giants test way around Apple’s new privacy rules

 FT, here. 

EDPB-EDPS Joint Opinion 03/2021 on the Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European data governance (Data Governance Act)

 Here.

Why we need new, nationwide personal data infrastructure

 Mydex, here. 

Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum: Plan of work for 2021 to 2022

Here.  

Copyright Protection for Algorithm Products?

 L. Specht, here. 

‘An invaluable asset’: Participants praise opportunity for feedback via GDPR sandboxes

 Compliance Week, here. 

CCIA Position Paper on the EU Digital Markets Act

 Here. 

Opinion 5/2021 on the Cybersecurity Strategy and the NIS 2.0 Directive

EDPS, here.  

EU CONSUMER PROTECTION 2.0 Structural asymmetries in digital consumer markets

 BEUC, here. 

Online platforms: Economic and societal effects

 EPRS, here. 

Rising Corporate Market Power: Emerging Policy Issues

 IMF Staff Discussion Note, here. 

Uncovering blindspots in the policy debate on platform power

 Expert Group for the Observatory on the Online Platform Economy, here. 

EU proposals to shape the digital landscape, a step forward for consumers

 BEUC, here. 

Andrea Coscelli, the watchdog taking on the tech giants

 BBC 4, here. 

Jack Ma’s Ant defies pressure from Beijing to share more customer data

 FT, here. 

Commission publishes study on geographical indications (GI) and traditional specialities guaranteed (TSG) protected in the EU

 EC, here. 

Music Streaming: Is It a Level Playing Field?

 D. Antal et al., here. 

“The Digital Markets Act - how to break the market dominance of Big Tech”

 Panel, here. 

CMA investigates Apple over suspected anti-competitive behaviour

 CMA, here. 

RELATIF AUX TRAITEMENTS DE DONNÉES A CARACTÈRE PERSONNEL MIS EN ŒUVRE A DES FINS DE CRÉATION D’ENTREPÔTS DANS LE DOMAINE DE LA SANTÉ

 CNIL, ici. 

Critical notes on ‘platformised’ education: untangling privacy and data protection in postpandemic universities

A. Giannopoulou et al., here.  

Arizona House passes bill that threatens Apple and Google’s app stores

 CNBC, here. 

Exploring legal mechanisms for data stewardship

 Ada Lovelace Institute, here. 

Commission invites stakeholders to provide comments on the application of EU competition law to collective bargaining agreements for self-employed

 EC, here.

OECD Competition Open Day

 Here.

The Draft Digital Markets Act: a legal and institutional analysis

 P. Ibáñez Colomo, here. 

Epic Games hits Apple with new antitrust complaint, this time in Brussels

 Politico.eu, here. 

Changes to Sharing and Viewing News on Facebook in Australia

 Facebook, here. 

News Corp agrees deal with Google on payments for its journalism

 FT, here. 

A letter to Mr. Cook

 Here.

Sanzione a Facebook per 7 milioni

 AGCM, qui. 

Google’s search choice screen had virtually no effect on search market share, perhaps by design

 Search Engine Land, here. 

Indian trader group calls for ban on Amazon following damning report

 TechCrunch, here. 

Dutch position on the Digital Markets Act

 Here. 

Big Tech opens wallet for publishers as Australian news code looms

 FT, here. 

Google condamné à payer un million d'euros pour abus de position dominante dans la publicité

 Les Echos, ici. 

Choice Screen Auctions

 M. Ostrovsky, here. 

BEUC files complaint against TikTok for multiple EU consumer law breaches

 BEUC, here. 

Protecting Consumer Privacy in a Time of Crisis

 FTC, here. 

A New Era for Antitrust Market Definition

 V. Robertson, here. 

Why Big Tech deplatforming should be deeply disturbing for everyone, regardless of your politics

 ProtonMail, here. 

Privacy Without Monopoly: Data Protection and Interoperability

 EFF, here. 

The European Commission’s expert group Report on SEP licensing and valuation: What did we achieve? What did we miss?

 D. Geradin, here. 

The UK digital identity and attributes trust framework

 Here. 

Can rentier capitalism explain big tech?

 S. Gilbert, here. 

Commission accepts commitments by Aspen to reduce prices for six off-patent cancer medicines by 73% addressing excessive pricing concerns

 Here. 

Public policy for big techs in finance

 BIS, here. 

Twitter’s Jack Dorsey wants to build an app store for social media algorithms

 The Verge, here. 

The EDPS on the DMA and DSA

 On the DMA, on the DSA. 

Netdoktor gegen BRD und Google: Vereinbarung über Knowledge Panels kartellrechtswidrig

 

Landgericht München, hier. 

Oversight of algorithms

 ACM, here. 

Clearview’s Biometric Database Ruled ‘Illegal’ in Canada

 DigitalPrivacyNews, here. 

Commission proposal on the temporary derogation from the e-PrivacyDirective for the purpose of fighting online child sexual abuse

EPRS, here.  

The CMA’s Digital Markets Strategy: February 2021 refresh

 CMA, here.

Ahead of the curve

 A. Coscelli, here. 

The EU Digital Markets Act: A Report from a Panel of Economic Experts

 JRC, here. 

Banks and fintechs battle over financial data

 Protocol, here. 

Why the ACCC is rightly zeroing in on Google’s ad tech monopoly

 D. Geradin, D. Katsifis, here. 

Do All Roads Lead to Datocracy?

EDPS Podcast, here.  

Reimagining the Platform Economy

 M. Mazzucato et al., here. 

From TikTok to Instagram: Data is key to adapting ad creative to every platform

 VentureBeat, here. 

You can set Spotify as your default music player in iOS 14.5 beta

 9to5Mac, here. 

The Digital Markets Act: the role of gatekeepers

 EIF, here. 

The European proposal for a Digital Markets Act: A first assessment

 CERRE, here. 

The Chinese Alternative to the DMA and §19a GWB

Google Translation (!), here; Interpretation of the Anti-Monopoly Guidelines of the Antitrust Commission of the State Council on the Platform Economy; Q&A.

EDPB Document on response to the request from the European Commission for clarifications on the consistent application of the GDPR, focusing on health research

 Here.

Apple, Its Control Over the iPhone, The Internet, And The Metaverse

 MatthewBall.vc, here. 

Ostrom Data Trusts

 Panel, here. 

Gaia-X: "Wir brauchen niemand aus dem Silicon Valley oder China"

 Heise.de, hier. 

Regulatory Sandbox Final Report: Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd

 ICO, here. 

European Data Governance Act consultation response

 ODI's response here (pdf).

Distributors that also act as agents for certain products for the same supplier

 European Commission, here. 

The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review

 Here. Video here.

The geopolitics of the European Green Deal

 Bruegel, here. 

The Contradictions of Platform Regulation

 M. Lemley, here. 

Data Talks - Recommended Contract Terms

 European Data Portal, Video here. 

Beijing wants a market for data trading: the question is how?

 South China Morning Post, here. 

Remote Teaching During the Emergency and Beyond: Four Open Privacy and Data Protection Issues of ‘Platformised’ Education

 C. Angiolini et al., here. 

Proctoring and data protection: decision by the Danish DPA

 Translated by Google, here. 

Commission opens infringement procedures against 24 Member States for not transposing new EU telecom rules

 Here.

COMPETITION GREEN DEAL CONFERENCE

 EU Commission BIG Conference, here.

Data brokers under the spotlight: A commentary on the ICO vs. Experian case

 iapp, here. 

The Woolard Review - A review of change and innovation in the unsecured credit market

FCA, here.  

Rethinking competition in light of the digital revolution

Autoritat Catalana de la Competència, Conferences here

Platforms or Aggregators: Implications for Digital Antitrust Law

 T. Schrepel, here.

ByteDance Sues Arch-Rival Tencent Over Alleged Monopolies

 Bloomberg, here. 

Court Orders Tim Cook to Sit for 7-Hour Deposition in Epic Case

 Gizmodo, here. 

The Twin Transition to a Digital and Green Economy: Doctrinal Challenges for EU Competition Law

 K. Majcher, V. Robertson, here. 

Microsoft says it would willingly participate in Australia's media code with Bing search engine

 The Guardian, here. 

DSA Package

 

 (Credits Damien Geradin)

Obligations for Online Gatekeepers

 

Credits Prof. Amelia Fletcher @ameliafletecon

CCP Conversation, Video here. 

Spid ai minorenni per l’accesso ai social network

 IlSole24Ore qui.

From Research Data Ethics Principles to Practice: Data Trusts as a Governance Tool

 S. Delacroix, J. Montgomery, here. 

Daten richtig teilen: Warum Unternehmen mehr Anreize brauchen

 WiWo, hier. 

Die Datenstrategie der Bundesregierung hier. 

GameStop: what is going on with prices in the US stock market?

 Economics Observatory, here. 

Bundeskartellamt also assesses new Section 19a GWB in its Facebook/Oculus case

Bundeskartellamt, here (as correctly guessed by Rupprecht hier 👏).

Launch of the European Parliament tracking-free ads coalition

 Panel here.

The Government Didn’t Foresee How Facebook Would Behave

 R. Haw Allensworth, J. Newman, here. 

Tanner Lecture 2020 – Between Suffocation and Abdication: Three Eras of Governing Digital Platforms

 J. Zittrain, here. 

The Internet Country

 Tigerfeathers, here. 

MARKET STUDY ON THE TELECOM SECTOR IN INDIA

Competition Commission of India, here. 

The Coup We Are Not Talking About

 S. Zuboff, here. 

Lego prend des engagements devant l’Autorité de la concurrence afin de modifier son dispositif de remise tarifaire

 Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

Commission opens formal investigation into possible trade restrictions by Mondelēz

 EC, here. 

PLATFORM MERGERS AND ANTITRUST

 G. Parker et al., here. 

Understanding the Data Governance Act: in conversation with Sylvie Delacroix, Ben McFarlane and Paul Nemitz

 Data Trusts Initiative, here

Environmental sustainability agreements and competition law

 CMA, here. 

Completed acquisition by Facebook, Inc of Giphy, Inc.: Launch of formal Phase 1 investigation

 CMA, here. 

Analysing algorithms: How they can reduce competition and harm consumers - a panel discussion

 CMA, Video here. 

Abolishing price secrecy to help make medicines affordable

 BEUC, here.

The algorithm audit: Scoring the algorithms that score us

 S. Brown et al., here. 

Clearview AI’s biometric photo database deemed illegal in the EU, but only partial deletion ordered

 noyb, here. 

Ecosystems and competition law in theory and practice

 M. Jacobides, I. Lianos, here. 

Robinhood's Gamification of Investing Combines Surveillance Capitalism With Finance Capitalism

 Vice, here. 

Digital advertising services inquiry

 

ACCC, Interim Report here. 

Facial recognition: strict regulation is needed to prevent human rights violations

 Council of Europe, here. 

Data sovereignty: A review

 P. Hummel et al., here. 

Bracing for Another E-book Price-Fixing Case

 PublishersWeekly, here. 

Technical Report on Sustainability and Competition

Jointly commissioned by the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) and the Hellenic Competition Commission (HCC), here. 

AI REGULATION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND TRADE LAW

 K. Irion, here. 

Onlinewerbung: Google testet Cookie-Nachfolger

 Heise.de, hier. 

Emotional Entanglement

Article19, here.