Amazon granted a patent that prevents in-store shoppers from online price checking

TheVerge, here.

When Does Amazon Become a Monopoly?

TheAtlantic, here.

Uber faces a fresh probe from U.S. regulators over its privacy practices

Recode, here.

Competition by Design

First draft available here. Let me know if you have any comment! My presentation here.

ROBO-SELLER PROSECUTIONS AND ANTITRUST’S ERROR-COST FRAMEWORK

S. Mehra, here.

ALGORITHMS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AND JOINT CONDUCT

D. Ballard and A. Naik, here. 

Apple Customer Data in China Was Sold Illegally, Police Say

NYTimes, here. 

Report Of Study Group On Data And Competition Policy

Japan FTC, here. Summary of the Report here. Full Report here.

Algorithmic-facilitated Coordination

M. Gal, here. 

It’s a Feature, not a Bug: On Learning Algorithms and what they teach us

A. Gal, here. 

AAI ASKS FEDERAL CIRCUIT TO PREVENT COPYRIGHT OVERREACHING IN SOFTWARE MARKETS (ORACLE V. GOOGLE)

AAI, here.

Algorithmic Collusion: Problems and Counter-Measures

OECD Roundtable on Algorithms and Collusion,  Note by A. Ezrachi & M. Stucke, here. 

Without DOJ Backing, States Pursue AmEx Antitrust Appeal

Bol.bna, here.

Apple adds ad tracker blocker to desktop Safari

TechCrunch, here.

We Need to Talk About the Power of AI to Manipulate Humans

MIT Technology Review, here.

Prioritizing Human Well-being in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

IEEE, here.

Amazon Japan to no longer force vendors to offer lowest price

Nikkei, here.

Algorithms and Competition

CPI Podcast, here. 

Family ties: the intersection between data protection and competition in EU Law

F. Costa-Cabral, O. Lynskey, here. 

Why Apple is struggling to become an artificial-intelligence powerhouse

Washington Post, here.

Apple WWDC 2017: all the highlights from Apple's developer conference

Wired, here. 

When Will AI Exceed Human Performance? Evidence from AI Experts

K. Grace, J. Salvatier, A.  Dafoe, B. Zhang, and O. Evans, here. 

EC opens formal investigation into distribution practices of clothing company Guess

Press Release, here. 

Circular by Design

European Environment Agency, here.

Rise of the machines: who is the ‘internet of things’ good for?

The Guardian, here. 

Understanding Google’s new online/offline conversion tracking

LINC, here. 

FairML: Auditing Black-Box Predictive Models

Blog.fastforwardlabs, here. 

8 Ways Machine Learning Is Improving Companies’ Work Processes

HBR, here. 

Ad-block argument

Vice News, here. 

Looking Up in the Data-Driven Economy

A. Ezrachi, M. Stucke, here. 

Here’s why Whatsapp won an antritrust case in India

Medianama, here. 

Digital Privacy Is Making Antitrust Exciting Again

Wired, here. 

AI-augmented government

Deloitte, here. 

Has Google Finally Proven That Online Ads Cause Offline Purchases?

N. Dawar, here.

Konkurrenz zu Amazon Echo: Android-Erfinder Andy Rubin will Assistenten Essential Home anbieten

Heise.de, hier. 

An assessment of the Commission’s Proposal on Privacy and Electronic Communications

Study for the EP LIBE Committee, here. 

Beer 2.0 — Can AI make your pint taste better?

FT, here (and here). 

CCI dismisses predatory pricing complaint against WhatsApp

FinancialExpress, here.

Artificial intelligence

European Economic and Social Committee, here.

AVVIATA INDAGINE CONOSCITIVA SUI BIG DATA

AGCM, here.

Secteur de l’archéologie préventive: mise en place d'une plateforme numérique dédiée

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

Don't Expect Tech to Care About Your Problems

Bloomberg, here. 

Auction services: anti-competitive practices

CMA, here. 

Supreme Court Victory for the Right to Tinker in Printer Cartridge Case

EFF, here.

Should We Fear The Things That Go Beep In the Night? Some Initial Thoughts on the Intersection of Antitrust Law and Algorithmic Pricing

M. Ohlhausen, here.

Right to Be Forgotten Heads Back to EU’s Top Court

BNA.com, here.

Medicine Is Going Digital. The FDA Is Racing to Catch Up

Wired, here.

Online search: Consumer and firm behaviour - A review of the existing literature

CMA, here.

Should We Be Concerned That Data And Algorithms Will Soften Competition?

P. Johnson, here. 

Algorithms and Explanations

NYU Law, Videos and slides here. 

The End of Advertising, The Beginning of Relationships

Forrester, here.

Your Movements Shall Be Traced: The New EU Regulation on Cross-Border Portability

M. Trimble, here. 

Instagram made a Snapchat knockoff. Can they even do that?

Marketplace, here. 

FTC’s Qualcomm Suit Could Disrupt Innovation Balance

Bloomberg, here. 

Competition is not for losers — even in the digital era

Financial Times, here. 

How Uber’s Vestager play fell flat

Politico.eu, here. 

Leitfaden Zusagen in der Fusionskontrolle

Bundeskartellamt, hier and here. 

Contracts For The Supply Of Digital Content And Personal Data Protection

EPRS, here. 

Fair use copyright reforms essential in a world of technological change

R. Sims, here. 

Results of the Fitness Check of consumer and marketing law and of the evaluation of the Consumer Rights Directive

EC, here. 

Comment enquêter sur les algorithmes ?

INA Global, ici.

The Digital Clearinghouse gets to work

G. Buttarelli, here. 

Künstliche Intelligenz richtig erforschen

BMBF, hier. 

Slave to the Algorithm? Why a ‘Right to Explanation’ is Probably Not the Remedy You are Looking for

L. Edwards, M. Veale, here. 

Appeals Court Orders Expedited Hearing in ReDigi Case

PublishersWeekly, here. 

La CNMC recurre el Decreto de la Generalitat de Catalunya sobre las aplicaciones para reservar taxis a través del móvil u otros dispositivos

CNMC, aquì.

L'avis de la CNIL sur le décret Algorithme de la loi Lemaire

NextImpact, ici. Avis ici.
(maintenant "libre")

Statement on Algorithmic Transparency and Accountability

ACM, here. 

The emerging legal battle over video game streaming rights

VentureBeat, here. 

Google Assistant will make money from e-commerce

Recode, here. 

EU states approve plans to make social media firms tackle hate speech

Reuters, here.

Google now knows when its users go to the store and buy stuff

WashingtonPost, here.

Marktwächter-Untersuchung zu Geoblocking

Verbraucherzentrale, hier.

Google, Not the Government, Is Building the Future

NYTimes, here.

Microsoft/LinkedIn: Big data and conglomerate effects in tech markets

EC, Merger Brief, here.

Algorithmic Challenges to Autonomous Choice

M. Gal, here.

CMA issues provisional decision in relation to drug firm’s pricing

Here.

ALGORITHMS AND COORDINATED EFFECTS

T. McSweeny, here.

Competition Issues in Aftermarkets

OECD Background Note, here.

Algorithms and Collusion

OECD Secretariat, Background Note, here.

Locally noisy autonomous agents improve global human coordination in network experiments

H. Shirado, N. Christakis, here.

Uber’s Future May Rely on Predicting How Much You’re Willing to Pay

Bloomberg Tech, here.

Public consultation on Building the European Data Economy

MPI, Position Statement, here.

Data protection impact assessments in the European Union: complementing the new legal framework towards a more robust protection of individuals

d.pia.lab, here.

Just Eat and Hungryhouse merger faces competition probe

BBC News, here. 

The Fall of the Labor Share and the Rise of Superstar Firms

D. Autor, D. Dorn,  L. Katz, C. Patterson, MIT J. Van Reenen, here. 

This is the age of the Microsoft and Amazon economy

FT, here. 

Bundestag beschließt halbgares Open-Data-Gesetz

Heise.de, hier. 

Traité de Marrakech : l'injuste compensation financière pour les oeuvres adaptées

ActuaLitté, ici. 

Hayek Meets Information Theory. And Fails.

Evonomics, here.

Google says it is ‘rethinking all our products’ for the AI age

FT, here and here. 

Facebook/WhatsApp merger: BEUC welcomes fine but regrets failure to tackle consumer data concerns

BEUC, here. 

Merger enforcement: getting the priorities right

C. Esteva Mosso. here. 

Antitrust 4.0

My Presentation, here (Italian/English).

The Belgian Privacy Commission publishes new recommendation relating to the processing of personal data by Facebook through cookies, social plug-ins and pixels

PrivacyCommission.be, here. 

The Path To Weakening Antitrust Policy

A. Gavil, here. 

New EU Regulations Could Limit Apple's Control Of The App Store

IBTimes, here. 

Sanction pécuniaire (franchement ridicule) à l'encontre de Facebook

CNIL, Délibération, ici.
A lire aussi ici.

DeepMind's Access to U.K. Health Data Deemed `Inappropriate'

Bloomberg Technology, here. 

The volatility of tech stocks has fallen below the volatility of utility stocks

ATimes, here. 

Dieser Plan soll die Macht der Superkonzerne zügeln

SZ, hier.
Vorschlag hier. 

Dutch data protection authority: Facebook violates privacy law

Autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl, here. 

Consumers Are Losing Confidence In Data Privacy, Healthcare, Car Safety

NationalMemo, here. 

SANZIONE DA 3 MILIONI DI EURO PER WHATSAPP, HA INDOTTO GLI UTENTI A CONDIVIDERE I LORO DATI CON FACEBOOK

Provvedimento qui. 

BEUC applies to join Google Android and Facebook/WhatsApp competition investigations

Press Release, here. 

EC opens formal investigation into Aspen Pharma's pricing practices for cancer medicines

Press Release, here. 

Google makes changes to AdSense in a bid to increase transparency for website publishers

TechCrunch, here. 

HERE’S WHY ALGORITHMS ARE NOT (REALLY) A THING

T. Schrepel, here. 

Why Amazon is eating the world

TechCrunch, here. 

There is a conversation in the US about whether antitrust law should be rethought

FT, here. 

Sorry, Dave, I can't code that: AI's prejudice problem

TheRegister, here. 

Designer l'absence

V. Duchatelle, ici. 

Big Data and Competition Law

Concurrences.com, here. 

Privacy in Automation: An Appraisal of the Emerging Australian Approach

A. Daly, here. 

“Be Careful; Things Can Be Worse Than They Appear” — Understanding Biased Algorithms and Users’ Behavior Around Them in Rating Platforms

M. Eslami, K. Vaccaro, K. Karahalios, K. Hamilton, here. 

E-commerce Sector Inquiry Final Report Heralds Renewed Enforcement by the Commission

Cooley, here. 

CÓDIGO DE BUENAS PRÁCTICAS EN PROTECCIÓN DE DATOS PARA PROYECTOS BIG DATA

AEPD y ISMS Forum Spain, here. 

Automated Machine Learning — A Paradigm Shift That Accelerates Data Scientist Productivity @ Airbnb

Airbnb, here. 

The Uber electronic platform, whilst innovative, falls within the field of transport

AG, Case C-434/15, here. 

EC publishes final report on e-commerce sector inquiry

Press Release, here.
Final Report here; Staff Working Document here. 

EU to tackle complaints over tech companies' unfair practices

Reuters, here.
EC here. 

Will Siri Ever Outsmart Us?

Decrypted, Audio here. 

Why Do Gas Station Prices Constantly Change? Blame the Algorithm

WSJ, here. 

Transcript of Antitrust Conference Call with Professor Mark Patterson, Author of Antitrust Law in the New Economy: Google, Yelp, LIBOR, and The Control of Information

The Capitol Forum, here.

Spotify, others file EU complaint over Apple and Google app store practices

AppleInsider, here. 

Deutschland AG gegen Silicon Valley

FAZ, hier. 

This could be Amazon’s Echo with a built-in display

TechCrunch, here. 

How Much Money are Drivers Losing from Upfront Pricing?

Therideshareguy, here. 

Macht van Google is groot, maar wettelijk niet verboden

Nrc.nl, hier. 

Amazon Echo Look : et si vos vêtements étaient vos données personnelles les plus intimes ?

Numérama, ici. 

European Data Market: Final Report

IDC for the EC, here. 

The Dark Age of Connectionism

Video here. See also here. 

The Industrial Internet and the Industrial Internet of Things

I-scoop.eu, here. 

WTO ruling could light the way to a tobacco-free future

M. Rimmer, here. See also here.

The data economy demands a new approach to antitrust rules

TheEconomist, here.

Algorithms and Markets: Virtual or Virtuous Competition?"

90th GCLC Lunch Talk, Slides here. 

Price-bots can collude against consumers

TheEconomist, here.

Data is giving rise to a new economy

TheEconomist, here.

The state of privacy 2017: mid-mandate report

G. Buttarelli, here.

New Seattle cable rule to protect internet data privacy

SeattleTimes, here.

EDPS Annual Report 2016

Here. 

The many dividends of keeping markets open, fair and contestable

J. Laitenberger, here.

Sektoruntersuchung Submetering

Bundeskartellamt, hier.

EC accepts commitments from Amazon on e-books

Press Release, here.

L’Antitrust si schiera con Uber Taxi in rivolta: «Vergognoso»

Corriere.it, qui.

Le père de Siri et celui de M for Messenger dézinguent la hype autour de l'intelligence artificielle

L'usine digitale, ici.

Sent to Prison by a Software Program’s Secret Algorithms

NYTimes, here.
Justice Roberts on tech and the law, Video here (at 10:34).

I'm an ex-Facebook exec: don't believe what they tell you about ads

TheGuardian, here.

Summary of Discussion of the OECD Hearing on Big Data

OECD Secretariat, here.

La libre circulation des données

CNNumérique, Avis ici.

Online competition and online search

Findings from qualitative research prepared for the CMA, here.

The market for vital information is not merely a market

J. Zittrain, here.

Someone scraped 40,000 Tinder selfies to make a facial dataset for AI experiments

TechCrunch, here.

Amid Brick-and-Mortar Travails, a Tipping Point for Amazon in Apparel

NYTimes, here.

Un logiciel pour aider les juges à décider

LeParisien, ici.

Social and Ethical Behavior in the Internet of Things

F. Berman, V. Cerf, here.

Facebook helped advertisers target teens who feel “worthless”

ArsTechnica, here.

Uber, les gouvernances fantômes

Internetactu.blog.lemonde.fr, ici. 

The mind in the machine: Demis Hassabis on artificial intelligence

FT, here. 

What You Need to Know Before Starting a Platform Business

Interview with R. Schmalensee and D. Evans, here and here.

Artificial Intelligence Pushes the Antitrust Envelope

BNA, here. 

The Risks of Businesses Learning How Consumers Think

C. Sunstein, here. 

Algorithmic accountability

TechCrunch, here

Google Assistant bekommt ein SDK

Heise.de, here.

L’économie des plateformes : dissipation ou concentration de la rente ?

F. Marty, ici. 

How Your Digital Helper May Undermine Your Welfare, and Our Democracy

A. Ezrachi, M. Stucke, here. 

Fehlender Hinweis auf die Provisionspflicht der im Preisvergleich berücksichtigten Anbieter: Verstoß gegen § 5a Abs. 2 UWG

Bundesgerichtshof, hier.

"Die Information muss so erteilt werden, dass der Verbraucher sie zur Kenntnis nehmen kann. Ein Hinweis auf der Geschäftskundenseite des Internetportals reicht hierfür nicht aus."

EC welcomes Court of Justice ruling on South European bananas cartel appeal

Press Release, here.

Pour la CNIL, "la France doit garder la souveraineté de ses données scolaires"

Letudiant.fr, ici. 

Competition at the digital frontier

J. Laitenberger, here. 

For World 'Intellectual Property' Day, A Reading From Thomas Macaulay (1841)

TechDirt, here. 

Privacy-Related Worries Are Keeping Users From Using E-Commerce, Survey At UNCTAD Finds

IP-watch, here. 

Amazon Wants to Put a Camera and Microphone in Your Bedroom

Motherboard, here.

Can Amazon's AI Fashionista beat the best HI Fashionista (here)? 

Lawmakers Seek Stronger Monitoring of Racial Disparities in Car Insurance Premiums

ProPublica, here.

Addressing Competition Challenges in Financial Markets

OECD Secretariat, here.

CJEU Judgment on Multimedia Player and Copyright Breaches

SCL, here.

European Commission, experts uneasy over WP29 data portability interpretation

IAPP, here.

Who Wouldn’t Want a Digital Butler?

A.Ezrachi, M. Stucke, here.

The Sharing Economy Meets the Sherman Act: Is Uber a Firm, a Cartel, or Something in Between?

M. Anderson, M. Huffman, here. 

Mylan Tried to ‘Squelch’ EpiPen Rival, Sanofi Says in Lawsuit

Bloomberg, here. 

Hell: Gonzales v. Uber

Gonzales v. Uber Technologies Inc., 17-cv-02264, here.

Swedish Carriers Raided by EU Over Anti-Competition Concerns

Bloomberg, here.

Microsoft's Nadella banks on LinkedIn data to challenge Salesforce

Reuters, here. 

Machine learning: the power and promise of computers that learn by example

The Royal Society, here.

Facebook kommt vorerst nicht an Whatsapp-Daten

FAZ, hier.

Can Facebook Fix Its Own Worst Bug?

NYTimes, here. 

EDPS Opinion on the Proposal for a Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications (ePrivacy Regulation)

EDPS, here. 

Tech companies need to move less fast and break fewer things

Wired, here.

Interview with Professors Eleanor Fox and William Kovacic

Antitrust, here. 

The evidence is piling up — Silicon Valley is being destroyed

BusinessInsider, here. 

It’s This Easy To Look Inside An Algorithm

Fastcodesign, here. 

'The Handmaid's Tale' And Surveillance: Silicon Valley Acts As Trump's Eyes, Whether Willing Or Not

Forbes, here. 

WIPO Cybersquatting Cases Hit Record in 2016, Driven by New Top-Level Domain Names

Press Release, here. 

Uber broke Apple’s iOS privacy rules and Tim Cook wasn't happy about it

TheGuardian, here. 

Three Hard Lessons the Internet Is Teaching Traditional Stores

WSJ, here.

Complex Antitrust Harm in Platform Markets

J. Newman, here. 

Machine intelligence is the future of monetization for Facebook

TechCrunch, here. 

Fan-made subtitles for TV shows and movies are illegal, court rules

ArsTechnica, here. 

Should Antitrust Regulators Stop Companies from Collecting So Much Data?

HBR, here. 

Uber Shows How Not to Apply Behavioral Economics

HBR, here. 

From publishers to self-publishing: The disruptive effects of digitalisation on the book industry

M. Hviid, S. Jacques, S. Izquierdo Sanchez, here. 

Algorithmic Decision-Making and Human Rights

HRSEssex, here. 

Truyes (Indre-et-Loire), 1433 électeurs: 0% d'abstention

How Online Shopping Makes Suckers of Us All

The Atlantic, here.

Is It Time to Break Up Google?

NYTimes, here.

Modern monopolists are redefining competition

FT, here and here.

Facebook and the cost of monopoly

Stratechery, here.

Silicon Valley executives are hiring philosophers to teach them to question everything

Quartz, here.

Torching the Modern-Day Library of Alexandria

TheAtlantic, here. 

Stellungnahmen zu dem Entwurf des Hinweispapiers zu Fragen des Preisbindungsverbots im Bereich des stationären Lebensmitteleinzelhandels

Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

EU Hearing: Building a European Data Economy

Transcript here. 

Google faces competition scrutiny over plans to build ad blocker into Chrome

The Telegraph, here. 

China Publishes the 2nd Version of the Anti-Monopoly Guidelines on the Abuse of Intellectual Property Rights

S. Wu, here. 

Google to open up Android to rivals in out-of-court deal with Russia

Reuters, here.

AI & Society

J. Ito and I. Rahwan, Video here. 

The University of Chicago worries about a lack of competition

TheEconomist, here. 

FinTech workshop slides

Competition Bureau, here. 

Deutschland gegen die Monopolisten der Zukunft

SZ, hier. 

Provisional conclusions and recommendations on the implications of Brexit for UK competition law and policy

The Brexit Competition Law Working Group (BCLWG), here.

Uber reportedly tracked Lyft drivers using a secret software program named ‘Hell’

TechCrunch, here. 

How Technology Has Failed to Improve Your Airline Experience

NYTimes, here.

Siae, aperta istruttoria per presunte condotte escludenti nella gestione e intermediazione dei diritti d’autore

AGCM, qui. 

Where does all that data go?

LINC, here. 

Europe vs Silicon Valley: behind enemy lines with the woman deciding Google's fate

Wired, here. 

The Ostroms and Hayek as Theorists of Complex Adaptive Systems: Commonality and Complementarity

P. Lewis, here. 

Strengthening confidence in the digital world

G20 Consumer Summit, here. 

New ways of providing consent in data protection - technical, legal and economic challenges

Stiftung Datenschutz, here. 

AI Literacy: The basics of machine learning

L. Daly, here. 

AG Wahl: agricultural producer organisations and their associations may be held liable under competition law

Case C-671/15, Opinion here. 

Customer Sues Charter For Selling Their Data Without Consent

Consumerist, here. 

Two Artificial Neural Networks Meet in an Online Hub and Change the Future (of Competition, Market Dynamics and Society)

A. Ezrachi, M. Stucke, here. 

A Debate on Fair Use

Charles Clark Memorial Lecture 2017, Transcript here. 

How can competition authorities react to the antitrust threats of pricing algorithms?

Kluwer Competition Law Blog, here.