Byzantine splits

One of the strangest things about US antitrust policy to my European eyeballs has always been the byzantine split between the FTC and the DOJ on merger enforcement. Interagency collaboration as well as the very hot discussions on modernizing merger guidelines are on the agenda of an upcoming Spring Enforcers Summit (4 April). 

I need that source.

 At a panel organized during the Industrial Organization Meeting, Spring 2022, Carl Shapiro famously called himself a Modernist and others New Brandeisians (see here, fn. 7). While the recordings of the other panels are still available (one click away on the meeting's website), this is not (while it has been for a while: I caught up a few hours after the panel took place). This is a real pity for us interested in following the recent developments in antitrust policy thinking. Please NBER, put it up again. 

Stellar Wars in the Antitrust Sky?

The antitrust news of the day so far (10. 52 AM CET) is the parallel opening of investigations in the UK and the EU into the Jedi Blue allegation. Interestingly, the CMA is signalling again that the DMU politicians' time is up, this time by starting "scrutinising Google’s conduct in relation to header bidding services more widely to see if the firm abused a dominant position and gained an unfair advantage over competitors trying to provide a similar service".

Message to my Students & Others

 Dear all,

This blog/feed has always been for us to be well informed. Sadly, I'm no longer able to update it - simply too much going on. I might be transitioning it to a real blog. 

The Internet Is Just Investment Banking Now

 The Atlantic, here. 

Meta’s perfect storm: fleeing users and Apple privacy changes hit ads business

 FT, here. 

EU legislators seek a way out of the impasse in DMA negotiations

 Euractiv, here. 

For Facebook, It’s Metaverse Or Bust

 Big Technology, here. 

Why Can’t We Pay Attention Anymore?

 NYTimes, here. 

Apple proposes 27 percent commission in Dutch app store dispute 54 Why would developers bother?

 The Verge, here. 

DMA Trialogue -3 February 2022

 Here. 

Satya Nadella: Microsoft has “permission to build the next Internet”

 ArsTechnica, here. 

Guidelines 01/2022on data subject rights - Right of access

 EDPB, here. 

Unlocking Your Phone to Digital Competition

 P. Marsden, here. 

Beyond the dongle: Apple won’t take down Square that easily

 Protocol, here. 

Are data trusts a suitable stewardship model for the developing world?

 FT, here. 

Streit um die Autodaten

 Tagesschau, hier. 

DIGITAL PROFILING IN THE ONLINE GAMBLING INDUSTRY

 W. Christi, here. 

Amazon pays $2.25 million to settle a price-fixing investigation.

 NYTimes, here.

How Apple Locks Out the Competition with Its Digital Key

 Protocol, here. 

Commission must take urgent action to protect consumers’ data in the automotive sector.

 BEUC, here. 

The Legal Complexities of Processing and Protecting Personal Data in the Electricity Sector

 S. Lavrijssen et al., here. 

Data altruism: how the EU is screwing up a good idea

 Algorithm Watch, here. 

Who owns your address in AR? Probably not you.

 Protocol, here. 

Web3 ist das Internet, das es zu verhindern gilt

 Spiegel, hier. 

New approach to enable global leadership of EU standards promoting values and a resilient, green and digital Single Market

 EC, here. 

Google Vanquished a Rival in Prague. Payback Could Hurt.

 NYTimes, here. 

A double edged string: APD holds TCF violates GDPR and IAB is responsible

 O. Kagan, here. 

Book Review: Profit Over Privacy: How Surveillance Advertising Conquered the Internet by Matthew Crain

LSE, here.  

Behavioral ad industry gets hard reform deadline after IAB’s TCF found to breach Europe’s GDPR

 TechCrunch, here. 

The French Competition Authority recognized for the first time the existence of a market for organic products

 Competition Forum, here. 

The Unnerving Rise of Video Games that Spy on You

 Wired, here. 

DATENTREUHANDSCHAFT DURCH INTERMEDIÄRE - Chancen, Herausforderungen und Implikationen

 I. Schneider, hier. 

Why Decentralised Finance (DeFi) Matters and the Policy Implications

 OECD, here. 

Handwerk in der digitalen Ökonomie - Rechtlicher Rahmen für den Zugang zu Daten, Software und Plattformen

 R. Podszun, hier. 

Decentralising Data Collection and Centralising Information in the People’s Republic of China: Decentralise, Manage, and Service Reforms

A. Trauth-Goik, A. Bernot, here. 

DATENBEWERTUNG

 ISST-BERICHT, hier. 

Tracking on the Web, Mobile and the Internet-of-Things

 R. Binns, here. 

Meta’s cryptocurrency ploy all but dead with Libra/Diem seeking to sell assets

 ArsTechnica, here. 

L’Autorité de la concurrence se saisit pour avis pour analyser les conditions du fonctionnement concurrentiel du secteur de « l’informatique en nuage » (« cloud »)

 Adlc, here. 

WhatsApp quizzed over consumer protection concerns in EU

 TechCrunch. here. 

CMA launches probe into music streaming market

 CMA, here. 

Commission clears acquisition of Kustomer by Meta (formerly Facebook), subject to conditions

 EC, here. 

What Studying Consciousness Can Reveal about AI and the Metaverse

 Exponential View Podcast, here. 

Privacy And Competition Concerns with Google’s Privacy Sandbox

 Brave, here. 

Hin zu einer Sozial-ökologischen Marktwirtschaft

 

Jahreswirtschaftsbericht 2022, hier. Video hier. And here.

Establishing a European Declaration on Digital rights and principles for the Digital Decade

 Communication, here. Declaration here. Report on the stakeholder consultation and engagement activities here. 

Data collaboratives, competition law and the governance of EU data spaces

 N. Zingales, here. 

The General Court annuls in part the Commission decision imposing a fine of € 1.06 billion on Intel

 Curia, here. 

Senate committee votes to advance major tech antitrust bill

 CNBC, here. 

The End of Data Monopolies

 Pool Data, here. 

FAS, YANDEX AND THE COMPLAINANTS CONCLUDED A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

 Here. 

Métavers : ce jeu dont qui sera le héros ?

 LINC, ici. 

Apple fails to satisfy requirements set by ACM

 ACM, here. 

Google drops FLoC after widespread opposition, pivots to “Topics API” plan

 Ars Technica, here. 

Japan to flag underpriced IPOs as antitrust law violation

 Kyodo, here.

Google’s Topics API: Rebranding FLoC Without Addressing Key Privacy Issues

 Brave, here. 

Apple’s cloud gaming restrictions may be biggest news in CMA interim report

 S. Huijts, here. 

European Parliament approves rights-respecting DSA & proposes ban on use of sensitive personal data for online ads

 EDRi, here. 

Facebook owner Meta dives into NFT digital collectibles craze

 FT, here. 

Google's Alleged Scheme to Corner the Online Ad Market

 Wired, here. 

EU must resist attempts to dilute Digital Markets Act

 Euraciv, here. 

What's the biggest effect the metaverse will have on IoT, or vice versa?

 Protocol, here. 

Too little competition hurts real people, every day.

 J. Kanter, here. 

Meta patents suggest biometric data capture for personalized advertising

 BiometricUpdate, here. 

WHAT DO ALORITHMS DO WITH PERSONAL DATA? AN EU APPROACH.

 Podcast, here. 

All digital creations are NFTs. We just don’t know it yet.

FT, here.  

Preisaufschläge ohne mehr Nachhaltigkeit in der Milchwirtschaft: Bundeskartellamt zeigt kartellrechtliche Grenzen auf

 Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

Google’s FLoC 2.0, Topics, Trade Effectiveness for Privacy Compliance

 ADWEEK, here. 

Digital Identity

 ENISA, here. 

What's the metaverse?

The Daily, here.  

Request for Information on Merger Enforcement

 DOJ, FTC, here. 

Rethmann Group / Remondis: Bundeskartellamt examines preconditions for extended obligation to notify future takeovers (Section 39a German Competition Act, GWB)

 Here. 

Addictive Technology and Its Implications for Antitrust Enforcement

 N. Rosenquist et al., here. 

Commission publishes final report on consumer Internet of Things sector inquiry

 EC, here. 

Facebook and Instagram may help you create and sell NFTs

 Techcrunch, here. 

Senate committee votes to advance major tech antitrust bill

 CNBC, here. 

European parliament backs big limits on tracking ads

 Techcrunch, here. 

Mergers Involving Nascent Competition

 D. Melamed, here.

Big Tech, big deals and a new era of antitrust

 Interview with Lina Khan, here (an enforcer - and still very much an academic IMHO, not a politician or an activist - she might want to learn a couple of tricks from Margrethe though, if she has the time...). 

Voice Assistants as Gatekeepers for Consumption? - How Information Intermediaries Shape Competition

 V. Noskova, here. 

Virtueller Neujahrsempfang des HWWI 2022

 Video hier. 

The PSR fines five companies more than £33 million for cartel behaviour in the prepaid cards market

 PSR, here. 

The Apple App Store case in the Netherlands – a potential game changer

 D.Mandrescu, here. 

Digisprudence: Code as Law Rebooted

 L. Diver, here (and here). 

Spain to create Europe's first supervisory agency for artificial intelligence

 Hogan Lovells, here. 

After Dutch antitrust order, Apple starts letting local dating apps use alternative payment options

 Natasha The Great, here. 

Apple just clarified alternative payments on iOS. Spoiler: Apple still takes a commission.

 Mobiledevmemo, here. 

Crypto Enthusiasts Meet Their Match: Angry Gamers

 NYTimes, here. 

What Moxie Missed on Web3 Wallets

 D. Finlay, here. 

Apple complies with Dutch watchdog ruling on payment options in Netherlands

 Reuters, here. 

Summary of ACM's decision here. Rotterdam court ruling here (DeepL translation here). 

Meta’s Oculus Unit Faces FTC-Led Probe of Competition Practices

 Bloomberg, here. 

Google's Alleged Scheme to Corner the Online Ad Market

 Wired, here. 

The Complaint is here. 

Google Misled Publishers and Advertisers, Unredacted Lawsuit Alleges

 WSJ, here. 

Apple to allow alternative payment system for 1st time in S. Korea

 The Korea Herald, here. 

Second time lucky? FTC v. Facebook

 Order here. 

Votre attention, s’il vous plaît !

 CNN, ici. 

Google News Showcase – Bundeskartellamt holds consultations on Google’s proposals for dispelling competition concerns

 Bundeskartellamt, here. 

Policymakers, web3, and the metaverse

 S. Gilbert, here. 

India’s Aadhaar System: Bringing E-Government to Life

 Chandler Institute, here. 

Commission prohibits proposed acquisition of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering by Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings

 EC, here. 

China’s New AI Governance Initiatives Shouldn’t Be Ignored

 M. Sheehan, here. 

The true cost of Amazon’s low prices

 Recode, here. 

Interim Report on the Sectoral Survey on Financial Technologies

 HCC, here (DeepL translation).

Francesca Bria on Decentralisation, Sovereignty, and Web3

The Crypto Syllabus, here. 

ACM obliges Apple to adjust unreasonable conditions for its App Store

 ACM, here. 

Justice Department and Agriculture Department Issue Shared Principles and Commitments to Protect Against Unfair and Anticompetitive Practices

 Here. 

Alphabet/Google subject to new abuse control applicable to large digital companies – Bundeskartellamt determines “paramount significance across markets”

 Bundeskartellamt, here. 

Conversation with Ioannis Lianos on His Work at the HCC, DMA Digital Markets Act

 Video here. 

Cookies : la CNIL sanctionne GOOGLE à hauteur de 150 millions d’euros et FACEBOOK à hauteur de 60 millions d’euros pour non-respect de la loi

 CNIL, ici. 

Three Amazon Marketplace Sellers Plead Guilty to Price Fixing DVDs and Blu-Ray Discs in Ongoing Investigation

 DoJ, here. 

Andrés Arauz on CDBCs and Sovereignty

 The Crypto Syllabus, here. 

Auch Indien geht gegen Apples App Store vor

 Heise.de, hier. 

In welcher Ordnung wollen wir leben?

Ausstellung, hier.  

Money in the Metaverse

 A. Wiener, here. 

The Sherman Act and Abuse of Dominance in the Age of Networks

 H. Hovenkamp, here. 

The Rise of NFTs: These Aren't the Droids You're Looking For

B. Bodó et al., here.  

Digital Platforms and the New 19a Tool in the German Competition Act

 J.-U. Franck, M. Peitz, here. 

Duckduckgo: Google benachteiligt andere Suchmaschinen

 Heise.de, hier. 

My first impressions of web3

 Moxie.org, here. 

Platform-based business models and financial inclusion

 K. Croxson et al., here. 

No pain, no gain? The Digital Markets Act

 Z. Meyers, here. 

Biometric identity systems in law enforcement and the politics of (voice) recognition: The case of SiiP

F. Jansen et al., here.  

FTC initiates probe into Meta's $400 mln VR deal for Supernatural - The Information

 Reuters, here. 

Regulate, but build too: for a European digital sphere

 Social Europe, here. 

The EU’s digital strategy and what it means for privacy

 iapp, here. 

Commission approves the acquisition of Suez by Veolia, subject to conditions

 EC, here. 

We need to talk about consent

 Mydex, here.

Digital Markets Acts update

 I. Brown, here. 

Six months with Lina Khan's FTC

 Axios, here. 

Airbnb hosts at the mercy of algorithms

Noyb, here.  

Help! My recruiter is an algorithm!

 Noyb, here. 

The history of the data economy: Part IV: The future

 T. Harkness, here. 

Before and after GDPR: tracking in mobile apps

 K. Kollnig et al., here. 

CFPB Shutters Lending by VC-Backed Fintech LendUp for Violating Agency Order

CFPB, here.  

EU clears Microsoft-Nuance without conditions

 TechCrunch, here. 

EC Press Release here. 

Facial recognition: the CNIL orders CLEARVIEW AI to stop reusing photographs available on the Internet

 CNIL, here. 

'Capitalism: what has gone wrong, what needs to change and how can it be fixed?'

 Video here. 

DRAFT POLICY STATEMENT ON LICENSING NEGOTIATIONS AND REMEDIES FOR STANDARDS-ESSENTIAL PATENTS SUBJECT TO VOLUNTARY F/RAND COMMITMENTS

 Here. 

Deutsche digitale B2B-Plattformen

 BDI, hier. 

UK antitrust regulator looks into Microsoft's $16 bln Nuance deal

 Reuters, here. 

Sanzione di oltre 1 miliardo e 128 milioni di euro ad Amazon per abuso di posizione dominante

 AGCM, qui. Provvedimento qui. 

Bundeskartellamt sieht Anmeldepflicht der Fusion Meta / Kustomer

 Hier. 

Commission invites comments on draft Guidelines about collective agreements regarding the working conditions of solo self-employed people

 EC, here. 

Parliament's negotiating position on the digital markets act

 EPRS, here. 

In South Korea, Big Tech’s power struggle with regulators is way ahead of the U.S.

 RestofWorld, here. 

Apple and Google duopoly limits competition and choice

 CMA, Interim Report here; Appendices here. 

CFPB Calls Tech Workers to Action

 Here. 

Telekommunikation 2021: Wettbewerb im Umbruch

 

Monopolkommission, hier. 

Protecting competition and innovation in the Internet of Things : Towards an Integrated Approach ?

Some slides, here.  

When ‘the’ market loses its relevance: an empirical analysis of demand-side linkages in platform ecosystems

 JRC Technical Report, here. 

Business Data Sharing through Data Marketplaces: A Systematic Literature Review

 A. Abbas et al., here. 

Feminist data protection

 IPR, here. 

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN EUROPE: AN ENVIRONMENTAL LIFE CYCLE APPROACH

 Greens, here. 

EU-US launch Joint Technology Competition Policy Dialogue to foster cooperation in competition policy and enforcement in technology sector

 EC, here. 

Interoperabilität zwischen Messengerdiensten: Überblick der Potenziale und Herausforderungen

 Bundesnetzagentur, hier. 

The Profit Paradox — why high profits are bad for the economy

 J. Eeckhout, TedTalk here. 

15 Visionen für eine gerechte, soziale und nachhaltige Digitalisierung

 Digitalezivilgesellschaft.org, hier. 

Digital regulation: joined-up and accountable

 House of Lords, here. 

Crouching tiger, hidden dragons

IIPP report, here. 

Three proposals to strengthen the EU Artificial Intelligence Act

ALI, here.  

How to Fix the Courts’ Misuse of Economics

 M. Katz, here. 

Competition & Privacy: It's Both Or Nothing

 R. Berjon, here. 

What if the single most important idea in economics no longer works?

 J. Plunkett, here. 

From an Hayekian perspective, here. 

Germany’s data strategy for growth and innovation

 World Bank, here. 

DSA milestone: EU lawmakers have responded to our calls for meaningful transparency for big tech

 Algorithm Watch, here. 

Dans le cadre de l’instruction au fond du dossier sur les droits voisins, Google propose des engagements. L’Autorité les soumet à consultation publique

 Adlc, ici. 

Ökonomie als Wissenschaft der Präferenzentstehung und Charakterbildung

 Hayek-Vorlesung mit Ernst Fehr, hier.

FTC may consider rule curbing algorithmic discrimination and ‘commercial surveillance’

 TechCrunch, here. 

Grindr hit with € 6.2 million fine in response to complaint from the Norwegian Consumer Council

Forbrukerradet, here. 

Pas un Gaia-X 2.0

 Euractiv, ici. 

The Impact of Consolidation and Monopoly Power on American Innovation

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

Competition Espresso with Tommaso Valletti

 Moderated by Emma, Jana, Maria and Pinar, Video here. 

The Genesis of the EU Digital Markets Act: First Lessons Learned

 Today's presentation, here. 

Digital Markets Act latest: IMCO vs Council

 I. Brown, here.

The ruling of the EU General Court in Google Shopping: An endorsement of the EU Commission antitrust enforcement policy in digital markets”

 M. Botta, here.

Regulate to innovate

 ALI, here.

The pros and cons of decentralized platforms

 A. Hagiu et al., here,

Promoting data sharing: presidency reaches deal with Parliament on Data Governance Act

 The Council, here.

Bundeskartellamt imposes fine on audio equipment manufacturer Bose

 Here.

Le GESTE dépose plainte contre Apple devant l’Autorité de la concurrence

 Le Geste, ici.

FTC Sues to Block $40 Billion Semiconductor Chip Merger

 FTC, here.

Google exec on company's privacy philosophy: ‘FLoC will evolve – there will be other birds’

 The Drum, here.

Commission fines UBS, Barclays, RBS, HSBC and Credit Suisse € 344 million for participating in a Foreign Exchange spot trading cartel

 EC, here.

Deutsche digitale B2B-Plattformen

 BDI, hier.

Winston Churchill’s Birthday and the CMA Facebook/Giphy Prohibition Decision

 

CMA & Winston, here. 

Tackling Digital Gatekeeper Power: A More Effective, Participatory Way

 @wavesblog, Study commissioned by MEP Martin Schirdewan, here. 

UK regulator expected to block Meta’s Giphy deal

 FT, here. 

Compendium of approaches to improving competition in digital markets

 UK G7 2021, here. 

Ahead of his time: the ideas and legacy of Giovanni Buttarelli

 Guest Lecture (online) by Christian D'Cunha

@BeterOpDeFiets

@UniTrento

3 December, 9 AM CET

For an invite: please send me an email (my name.surname@unitn.it)

Contributions to the public consultation on the draft revised Regulation on vertical agreements and vertical guidelines

 Here. 

Ecosystems and competition law in theory and practice

M. Jacobides, I. Lianos, here. 

Data protection and privacy expectations for online advertising proposals

 ICO, here. 

Regulating ‘big tech’: Council agrees on enhancing competition in the digital sphere

 The European Council, here. 

Google agrees with UK’s CMA to deeper oversight of Privacy Sandbox

 TechCrunch, here. 

Sanzioni per 20 milioni a Google e ad Apple per uso dei dati degli utenti a fini commerciali

 AGCM, qui. 

Privacy Sandbox - Consultation on modified commitments

 CMA, here. 

Alle datenpolitischen Vorhaben auf 32 Kacheln übersichtlich zusammengefasst

 Dataprotection Landscape, hier. 

The Promotion of Competitive Neutrality by Competition Authorities

 OECD, Background Note, here. 

Measuring environmental benefits in competition cases

 N. Watson for the OECD, here. 

Vestager, Kahn, Kanter

 

Judge dismisses Steam antitrust case for lack of factual support

 ArsTechnica, here. 

DMA Schwab's compromise amendments: my very first take

 Here.

EU Parliament’s key committee adopts Digital Markets Act

 Euractiv, here. 

Big Business Declares War on Lina Khan

 M. Stoller, here. 

Andreas Schwab - Digital Markets Act Version of 18-11-2021 - Compromise Amendments

 

Here. 

Press Conference, Video here.

Italy fines Amazon and Apple $230M over antitrust charges

 TechCrunch, here.

The Italian decision qui. 

Merger control and FDI interplay: Article 21 as a potential tool towards further convergence in FDI rules

 Clifford Chance, here. 

DISINFORMATION RISKS, REGULATORY GAPS AND ADEQUATE COUNTERMEASURES

 Expert Opinion Commissioned by the Landesanstalt für Medien NRW, here. 

Google v Commission (Google Shopping): A Case Summary

 N. Moreno Belloso, here. 

Epic CEO Tim Sweeney calls for a universal app store to combat tech monopolies

 Protocol, here. 

EU Shopping judgment: what does equal access to Google's general results pages mean?

 Hausfeld, here. 

Stream your brain! Speculative economy of the IoT and its pan-kinetic dataveillance

 S. Ahn, here. 

MARKET STUDY ON THE PHARMACEUTICAL SECTOR IN INDIA

 Competition Commission of India, here. 

WhatsApp privacy policy tweaked in Europe after record fine

 BBC, here. 

Noyb files another complaint against Amazon Europe – black box algorithm discriminates customers

 Noyb, here. 

Apple’s concession on the right to repair

 FT, here. 

Small business holds key to tech's antitrust fate

 Axios, here. 

The Future of Digital Spaces and Their Role in Democracy

 Pew Research Center, here. 

Synergies between Data protection law and competition law

W. Kerber, L. Specht, here. 

Wettbewerb und Datenschutz: Wie Kastor und Pollux, hier.

Coalition for App Fairness Statement on Digital Markets Act (DMA) Vote by European Parliament

 Here. 

"Wir verlieren die digitale Souveränität...auch in Bezug auf unsere mentale Autonomie"

 TAZ, hier. 

Competition Espresso: With Elettra Bietti on "A Genealogy of Digital Platform Regulation" (and also on books that change your life)

 Episode 3, Recording here. 

A competition policy fit for new challenges

EC, Communication here.  

The beautiful Annex here. 

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND EVIDENCE IN ABUSE CASES

 OECD Background Note by S. Roberts, here. 

Bundesrat verbietet Knebelverträge bei Hotelbuchungen

 NZZ, hier. [Gut - Meine Erklärung here]                          

Competition issues concerning news media and digital platforms

 OECD, Background Paper, here. 

Ex ante regulation of digital markets

OECD, Background Note here.  

Environmental Considerations in Competition Enforcement: Legal Assessment

 OECD Background Note, here. 

Joe to Lina re oil prices

 Here. 

Big Tech as Global Problem

The Grande Dame of Antitrust Law, Video here.  

CMA to open up electric vehicle charging competition on motorways

 CMA, here. 

7th CUTS-CIRC Biennial Conference on Competition, Regulation and Development-Day 01

 Day 01, Video here. 

Day 02, Live here. 

In Moscow’s Technological Advances, a ‘Double-Edged Sword’

NYTimes, here.  

Support study accompanying the Commission Notice on the evaluation of the definition of relevant market for the purposes of Community competition law

For the EC, here. 

Facebook goes after the creator of InstaPy, a tool that automates Instagram likes

 Algorithm Watch, here. 

Facial recognition: Huge risks for our societies

 EDPS, Video here. 

Judge Ginsburg: On the Proposed Digital Markets Unit and the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority

 An American Friend, Here. 

Privacy as code: A new taxonomy for privacy

 iapp, here. 

Marktmacht und Ohnmacht – Wettbewerbsrecht hält mit Oligopolen nicht Schritt

 I. Lianos, hier. 

You Are the Object of a Secret Extraction Operation

 S. Zuboff, here. 

When do consumers prefer algorithmic versus human decisionmakers?

 Brookings, here. 

Everything You Need To Know About The Metaverse

 Protocol, here. 

Lessons from the Past? How Ordoliberal Competition Theory Can Address Market Power in the Digital Age

 I. Oakes, A. Küsters, here. 

Q&A: How the EU’s Flawed Artificial Intelligence Regulation Endangers the Social Safety Net

 Human Rights Watch, here. 

Industry concentration and competition policy

 EC, here. 

MYDATA AND THE EUROPEAN UNION’S LATEST DATA DEVELOPMENTS

 MyData, here. 

Datenlieferant Auto: Hersteller wollen Informationen zentral vermarkten

 Handelsblatt, hier. 

Google’s Anti-Competitive Search Manipulation Practices

 Foundem & SearchNeutrality, here. 

Commission to invest nearly €2 billion from the Digital Europe Programme to advance on the digital transition

 EC, here. 

From ‘walled gardens’ to open meadows

 I. Brown, here. 

Apple told to comply with order to open up App Store

 FT, here. 

The New Frontier: Artificial Intelligence at Work

  APPG, here. 

COP26: To fix the climate, we must fix the economy. Here’s why.

 Circularonline, here. 

Unzureichende digitale Souveränität gefährdet die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit deutscher Unternehmen

 ZEW, hier. 

The Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum: working for greater cooperation in regulating online platforms

 Ofcom, here. 

Want your Grindr data? Show your ID and take a selfie!

 Noyb, here. 

Data and Democracy

A. KAPCZYNSKI, here. 

Google Shopping

 Final (?) Cut, here. 

Everything you wanted to know about the EU Data Strategy and never dared to ask

 Video here (@BeterOpDeFiets from 18:27).

New Klobuchar, Cotton bill could block Big Tech mergers

 Axios, here. 

Tracking-industry body IAB Europe told that it has infringed the GDPR, and its “consent” pop-ups used by Google and other tech firms are unlawful.

 ICCL, here. 

Ddl Concorrenza

 Qui.

The Cost of Data

G. Neff, Video here (from 5:50). 

Google plans to allow third party payments systems in South Korea

 Economic Times, here. 

The battle to control the metaverse: Microsoft vs Meta

 FT, here. 

Vertical Agreements Block Exemption Regulation:CMA’s recommendation

CMA, here. 

"It’s interesting how familiar [some of] these issues are"

 M. Vestager, here. 

Sektoruntersuchung Messenger- und Video-Dienste

 Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

Should competition authorities intervene in digital markets?

 M. Grenfell, here. 

Press publishers’ right: social media enter the stage

 U. Furgal, here. 

Moderne Messenger – heute verschlüsselt, morgen interoperabel?

 Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik, hier. 

Google News to relaunch in Spain after mandatory payments to newspapers scrapped

 The Verge, here.

Facebook, Citing Societal Concerns, Plans to Shut Down Facial Recognition System

 NYT, here and here (pdf).

The European Union’s Big Policy Bet Against the Tech Giants

 P. Hanspach, N. Petit, here. 

Fixing Digital Capitalism: Learning from China’s Playbook

 Bot Populi, here. 

Europe’s Digital Decade and Autonomy

 Study requested by the EP ITRE, here. 

Justice Department Sues to Block Penguin Random House’s Acquisition of Rival Publisher Simon & Schuster

 DOJ, here. 

And the UK decision here. 

Draft impact assessment sheds some light on upcoming Data Act

 Euractiv, here. 

Clearview AI breached Australians’ privacy

 OAIC, here. 

Facebook says it will delete facial recognition data on more than a billion users

 TechCrunch, here. 

Meta to Meta (Sudans)

 

Report on Stablecoins

 Federal Reserve, here. 

China’s new platform guidelines translated

 H/T I. Brown, here.

BECOMING THE DMA: THE PARLIAMENT’S COMPROMISE (FOR NOW)

 D'Kart, here. 

Leitlinien für die Vereinbarkeit des Genossenschaftswesens mit dem Kartellrecht

 Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

La mia "Cooperativa di fronte al diritto antitrust" qui (*2008*) : chissà cosa scriverei di diverso? 

Artificial Intelligence Systems as Inventors?

 J. Drexl at al., here. 

MARKET DESIGN

 N. Agarwal, E. Budish, here. 

Regulating platforms and ecosystems: an introduction

 M. Jacobides, I. Lianos, here. 

Smart Contracts and the Digital Single Market Through the Lens of a 'Law + Technology' Approach

 T. Schrepel, here. 

Truck cartel in Spain: Advocate General Rantos clarifies the temporal scope of the directive on the compensation of victims of anti-competitive practices

 CJEU, here. 

Open Logistics Foundation gegründet

 Frauenhofer, hier. 

AI and Governance

 DigitalEU, here. 

Completed acquisition by Facebook, Inc. of GIPHY, Inc.

 CMA, the decision here.

Pomodoro costoluto fiorentino salvato dai cinesi grazie al “Golden Power” di Draghi

InToscana, qui.  

Italy vetoes sale of seed producer to Chinese-owned Syngenta, officials say

 CNA, here. 

Australia also wants Google to unbundle search from Android

 ArsTechnica, here. 

The Interim Report, here. 

Computational Competition Law and Economics

 Hellenic Competition Commission, here. 

Easier cartel rules for packaging, logistics companies, EU's Vestager says

 Reuters, here. 

Digging into Google’s push to freeze ePrivacy

 

Natasha the Great (TechCrunch), here. 

Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property: copyright and patents

 UK Gov, here. 

Why are you on Facebook?

 S. Vergnolle, here. 

Inside Gaia-X

 Politico.eu, here. 

Zuckerberg Announces Fantasy World Where Facebook Is Not a Horrible Company

 Motherboard, here. 

Commission adopts interim measures to prevent harm to competition following Illumina's early acquisition of GRAIL

 EC, here. 

A new route forward for regulating digital markets

 CMA, here.

Regulating Big Tech: From Competition Policy to Sector Regulation?

 Dear Oliver and Juliane Mendelsohn, here. 

Ecosystems and Competition Law

 Hellenic Competition Authorities, Video here. 

Visa's Abandoned Plan to Acquire Plaid: What Could Have Been a Textbook Case of a Killer Acquisition

 F. Marty, T. Warin, here. 

Rat der EU stellt sich Tech-Konzernen in den Weg

 Netzpolitik, hier. 

What do Member States really think of the EC's DMA Proposal?

 Here (thanks to Netzpolitik). 

Lancet/FT on the Future of Health

 Here.

Digital Services Act: The EDRi guide to 2,297 amendment proposals

 EDRi, here. 

Democratic values in a digitalised Europe

 M. Vestager, Video here. 

Big Tech platforms stifle innovation through anticompetitive conduct

 A. Harman, here. 

A coordinated approach to overseeing modern digital markets

 CMA & Friends, here. 

DMA: A side-by-side comparison of the Commission and Council proposals

 Here. 

"Black box" Amazon: algorithm discriminate customers

Noyb, here.  

The future is in your hands - Let's Organize a Conference on the Future of Europe!

 EC, Here. 

Interview with Joe Turow

 Here. "Where do we go next?" It shouldn't be left to them.

Antitrust battle latest: Google, Facebook 'colluded' to smash Apple's privacy protections

 The Register, here. 

Labour union urges European authorities to widen Amazon antitrust probe after Reuters story

 Reuters, here. 

La commissaria Vestager: “Democrazie alleate contro i giganti del web”

 

Message to MIM Students: We'll talk about it this week...

A new Europe: Competition, Industrial Policy, Taxation

 M. Vestager, here. 

Big techs in finance: on the new nexus between data privacy and competition

 BIS, here. 

A new era of cartel enforcement

 

M. Vestager, here. 

(Warning: pic from another conference, same day, same town - and an amazing Roman brick wall in the background)

Rome or Babylon?

(Source)

EU-US Trade and Technology Council: Commission launches consultation platform for stakeholder's involvement to shape transatlantic cooperation

 EC, here. 

Translation: Guiding Opinions on Strengthening Overall Governance of Internet Information Service Algorithms

 Nine Chinese Agancies, here

The Technopolar Moment

 Foreign Affairs, here. 

Antrittsvorlesung | Inaugural Lecture Prof. Viktoria Robertson

 Here. 

1st Giovanni Buttarelli Award at Global Privacy Assembly goes to...Shoshana Zuboff!

 Video here. 

1970-2021 : la protection des données essaime le monde

 LINC, ici.

Plaid Pushes Into Payments Business After Scuttled Visa Deal

 WSJ, here.

Unique on Facebook: Formulation and Evidence of (Nano)targeting Individual Users with non-PII Data

 J. Gonzales-Cabañas et al., here. More here. 

Should platforms be allowed to sell on their own marketplaces?

 A. Hagiu et al., here. 

Regarding the CFPB’s Inquiry into Big Tech Payment Platforms

 R. Chopra, here. 

Google slashes service fees in its app store after similar move by Apple

 CNBC, here. 

Facebook agrees to pay French publishers for news reuse

 TechCrunch, here. 

YouTube is about to pull its apps from Roku, and the fight is going all the way to Congress

 CNBC, here. 

Amazon Warns Sellers: Marketplace Could Shut Down If Congress Tries to Regulate It

 The Prospect, here. 

In re: Google Digital Advertising Antitrust Litigation (Amended Complaint)

 Here. 

Nudging Humans

 B. Frischmann, here. 

Retour sur un mandat : la présidence de l’Autorité de la concurrence, 2016-2021 (le seul quinquennat qu'on ne oubliera jamais)

 

La bravissima Isabelle de Silva, ici and here.

Apple’s privacy changes create windfall for its own advertising business

 FT, here. 

A letter to Amazon (final opportunity to provide exculpatory evidence)

 Here. 

The future of online advertising

 McCann/Stronge/Jones for the Greens/EFA, here. 

Biden pick for bank regulator says critics ‘demonise’ her identity

 FT, here. 

DSGVO: Irische Datenschutzbehörde nickt Facebooks Einwilligungstrick ab

 Heise, hier and here. 

Competition in Australia faces big challenges

 R. Sims, here. 

Google's practices in the online advertising sector

 L. Hoffmann, here. 

AI's technological Diversification to counter the market concentration

 S&D AIDA Webinar, here.

PROTECTING EUROPEAN CONSUMERS IN THE WORLD OF CONNECTED DEVICES

 BEUC, here. 

When Amazon Takes the Buy Box, It Doesn’t Give It Up

The Markup, here and here.

Lawmakers seek to rein in big tech with bills aimed at competition and liability

 The Guardian, here. 

Tech Companies Don't Need to Be Creepy to Make Money

 Wired, here. 

U.K. Pays Price for Energy Market That Anyone Could Join

 Bloomberg, here. 

The unintended consequences of Vestager’s tougher take on ‘killer acquisitions’

 Politico, here. 

Competition Espresso: Rob Nicholls on the ACCC's AdTech Final Report

 Here. 

Embedding European values in data governance: a case for public data commons

 P. Nemitz et al., here. 

BEREC Report on the ex ante regulation of digital gatekeepers (Final)

 BEREC, here. 

We need to talk about how Apple is normalising surveillance

 Wired, here. 

France finds growth prescription with health app Doctolib

 FT, here. 

To Break Up or Regulate Big Tech? Avenues to Constrain Private Power in the DSA/DMA Package

 MPI und Verfassungsblog, here. 

Global Economic Resilience: Building Forward Better

 G7, here. 

20 Years ICN Conferences

 ICN, here. 

Missing the Point

 L. Lessig, here. 

Some thoughts on the Google Android hearing before the General Court

 The Platform Law Blog, here. 

CMA welcomes government proposals on new powers

 CMA, here.

Via libera al “progetto antifrode” dell’ANIA nei rami danni e vita

 AGCM, here.

Can competition be toxic? And if so, who’s pushing this toxic competition?

 A. Ezrachi, here.

Apple and Google under antitrust scrutiny in Japan for mobile OS

 Nikkei Asia, here.

RECOMMENDATION OF THE COUNCIL ON ENHANCING ACCESS TO AND SHARING OF DATA

 OECD, here.

NFT-Deal mit Sorare: Fußball-Bundesliga kriegt Blockchain-Sammelbilder

 Heise.de, hier.

What if deepfakes made us doubt everything we see and hear?

 EPRS, here. 

Response to DCMS consultation “Data: a new direction”

 ICO, here.

What do iOS and Android have in common? Their apps suck at privacy, boffins say

 The Register, here. 

How Lina Khan Debunked the DOJ Antitrust Case against Google

 NR, here.

Google rivals want EU lawmakers to act via new tech rules

 Reuters, here. 

BUSTING THE DANGEROUS MYTHS OF BIG ID PROGRAMS: CAUTIONARY LESSONS FROM INDIA

 Access Now, here.

Daten, Demokratie und Kartellrecht – Zur Entwicklung eines evidenzbasierten Umgangs mit Demokratiedefiziten in digitalen Märkten aus kartellrechtlicher Sicht

 V. Robertson, hier.

Überwachung in Venedig: Smart City auf dem Wasser

 Netzpolitik, hier. 

DMA IN IMCO: SHADOWS PRESENT IDEAS, RAPPORTEUR SHOWS A COMPROMISE

 A. Mazgal, here. 

China's experience with regulating big tech

 Y. Gang, Video here. The whole, excellent Conference here.

Si vos GIFs sont gratuits, savez-vous qui est le produit ?

 LADN, ici.

Change is needed in the next generation of economists

 FT, here. 

India can benefit from China’s regulatory crackdown, says Ola chief

 FT, here. 

Chinese AI gets ethical guidelines for the first time, aligning with Beijing’s goal of reining in Big Tech

 SCMP, here. 

Analysis of Google’s Privacy Budget Proposal

 Mozilla, here. 

Why the Digital Markets Act (DMA) should be enforceable under the Representative Actions Directive

 BEUC, here. 

CMA response to the government’s consultation ‘A new pro-competition regime for digital markets’

 Here. 

Disputing the Dogmas of Surveillance Advertising

 FTC, here. 

Recommendations for an effective and efficient Digital Markets Act

 Monopolkommission, here. 

EU-US Trade and Technology Council New forum for transatlantic cooperation

 EPRS, here. 

Richard Blumenthal Was Right to Ask Facebook About “Ending Finsta”

 Slate, here. 

“Wayforward Machine” provides a glimpse into the future of the web

 ArsTechnica, here. 

Funding for fintechs: patterns and drivers

 G. Cornelli et al., here. 

Monopole und Preiswirrwarr: Was an deutschen Ladesäulen schiefläuft

 PlusMinus, hier. 

What if objects around us flocked together and became intelligent?

 EP Thinktank, here. 

Competitive Compatibility: Let's Fix the Internet, Not the Tech Giants

 C. Doctorow, here. 

Why you shouldn’t buy Facebook Ray-Ban smart glasses

 AccessNow, here. 

Experimental Regulations and Regulatory Sandboxes: Law without Order?

 S. Ranchordas, here. 

Private Carbon Payment Programs Funnel Farm Data to Big Ag

 Food and Power, here. 

AI’s Legal and Ethical Implications with Sandra Wachter

 Video, here. 

“Reviving Competition Part 4: 21st Century Antitrust Reforms and the American Worker

 L. Khan, here. 

Confidential medical records at the centre of a new claim against Google

 Mishcon, here. 

EU looks to make data sharing easier: Council agrees position on Data Governance Act

 The Council, here. 

I've gone to look for American Antitrust

 Read M. Vestager's speech while listening to the song. 

Investigation of Open Banking Limited

 An Independent, here. 

Reimagining the Platform Economy

 M. Mazzucato et al. here. 

Non-paper on the Data Act

 The Dutch, here. 

There’s a Multibillion-Dollar Market for Your Phone’s Location Data

 The Markup, here. 

Nreal Air sunglasses let you watch TV in AR

 ArsTechnica, here. 

EU-US Trade and Technology Council Inaugural Joint Statement

 Here. 

As privacy issues worsen, Congress looks to the FTC

 The Verge, here. 

EU considers single rules for regulate vacation rental platforms

 TechCrunch, here. 

Apple's iPhone comes under EU scrutiny for curbs on rival 'wearable' devices

 MLex, here. 

Prioritising gendered public interest considerations

 B. Mkatshwa et al., here.

See also A FEMINIST ACTION FRAMEWORK FOR THE DIGITAL ECONOMY, here. 

GOOGLE DRIVE,DROPBOX, ICLOUD APPLE: Clausole vessatorie

 AGCM, qui (p. 36 ss. )

Deepfake videos, parody, and everything else

 Here. 

Università Bocconi, volti degli studenti spiati durante gli esami a distanza: multa di 200 mila euro

 CdS, here. 

More here. 

ACM fines Samsung over 39 million euros for influencing the online prices of television sets

 Here. 

Cross-border data flows and development: For whom the data flow

 UNCTAD, here. 

What Can the U.S. Learn From China’s Crackdown on Crypto?

 Intelligencer, here. 

Under California Stars...

 ...we would have wished it too - very much so (here).

Microsoft opens its Windows store up to third-party app stores

 The Verge, here. 

Digital advertising services inquiry - Final report

 ACCC, here. 

UK marketing-led group takes antitrust complaint against Google’s Privacy Sandbox to the EU

 TechCrunch, here. 

Bundeskartellamt schließt Verfahren gegen Edelstahlunternehmen ab und verhängt Bußgelder in Höhe von insgesamt rund 355 Mio. Euro

 Fallbericht, hier. 

Competition Espresso: 30 Minutes with...Ian Brown

 Video, here (ok, 31).

Goodbye, Last-Click Attribution: Google Ads Changes Default To Data Modeling

 AdExchanger, here. 

Supply chain issues at petrol forecourts in some areas of the UK

 UK Gov, here. 

Competition Problems and Governance of Non-personal Agricultural Machine Data: Comparing Voluntary Initiatives in the US and EU

 C. Atik, B. Martens, here. 

Is Facebook leading us on a journey to the metaverse?

 The Guardian, here. 

Why China crushed its tech giants

 Wired, here. 

The CMA investigated and cleared the anticipated acquisition by Facebook, Inc. of Kustomer, Inc.

Here.  

Competition Law, Big Tech and Financialisation: The Dark Side of the Moon

 I. Lianos, A. McLean, here. 

Chair Lina M. Khan TO: Commission Staff and Commissioners

 Here. 

Google and Microsoft are at it again, now over government software

 Protocol, here. 

Article 114 TFEU as a Legal Basis for Strengthened Control of Acquisitions by Digital Gatekeepers

 Legal Opinion commissioned by Germany, here. 

[My bet: contrarian legal opinion by Ireland soon...]

Transcript of the Background Talk "New EU-rules for Big Tech: How to improve the Digital Services Act"

SNV, hier.  

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

 MIT Tech Review, here.

Didi loses 30% of daily users after Beijing crackdown following IPO

 FT, here

‘New Directions in the European Union’s Innovation Policy?’

 MPI, here.

Wild West ist nun vorbei [?]

 SZ, hier.

India antitrust probe finds Google abused Android dominance, report shows

 Reuters, here. 

Amazon is piling ads into search results and top consumer brands are paying up for prominent placement

 CNBC, here.

Europe’s enforcement paralysis

ICCL, here.  

FDA to PTO

 Here. 

DIGITALE ÜBERWACHUNG UND KONTROLLE AM ARBEITSPLATZ

 W. Christli, hier. 

Waste from one bitcoin transaction ‘like binning two iPhones’

 The Guardian, here. 

Big Tech, Big Problems, & Big Solutions: The Legislative Package to Reinvigorate Platform Competition

 Public Knowledge, here. 

Australia proves that small publishers benefit from collective negotiation with Big Tech – Canada should follow suit

News Media Canada, here.

Withdrawal of the Vertical Merger Guidelines

 L. Kahn, here. 

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.