The FTC’s Big Tech Revolving Door Problem

Public Citizen, here.


<= from 1:12 ICYMI (pure genius)

From David to Makan

Letter, here. 

Google faces first investigation by its European lead authority for “suspected infringement” of the GDPR

Brave, here. 

The start-ups building ‘dark kitchens’ for Uber Eats and Deliveroo

FT, here. 

Canada announces Digital Charter, promises serious fines to business for not protecting privacy

IT World Canada, here. 

India antitrust probe finds Monsanto abused dominant position

Reuters, here. 

OECD Principles on AI

OECD, here. 

N26 under fire from BaFin over money laundering failures

FinExtra, here. 

How Silicon Valley gamed Europe’s privacy rules

Politico.eu, here. 

Apple pledges clearer information on iPhone performance

Gov.UK, here. 

Irish regulator opens first privacy probe into Google

Reuters, here. 

Protecting Competition in the American Economy: Merger Control, Tech Titans, Labor Markets*

C. Shapiro, here. 

Female voice assistants fuel damaging gender stereotypes, says a UN study

MIT Technology Review, here. 

Open Banking hobbled by outages

FinExtra, here. 

Drug firms accused of illegal market sharing over anti-nausea tablets

CMA, here. 

Speaking points on the occasion of the first anniversary of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

V. Jourová, here. 

GitHub launches Sponsors, lets you pay your favorite open source contributors

TechCrunch, here. 

The radical plan to change how Harvard teaches economics

VOX, here. 

Blockchain sicher gestalten

BSI, hier, 

Court rules Uber must turn over data on driver congestion, double parkers to San Francisco

SFExaminer, here. 

GDPR Enforcement Tracker

Here. 

Zerschlagt, was euch kaputt macht

Dir Zeit, hier. 

Federal Trade Commission wins antitrust case against Qualcomm in Northern District of California

F. Mueller, here. 

THE FUTURE OF DATA-DRIVEN FINANCE AND REGTECH: LESSONS FROM EU BIG BANG II

D. Zetzsche, D. Arner, R. Buckley, R. Weber here. 

Blockkedjeteknik utifrån ett konkurrensperspektiv

P. Lindblom for the Swedish Competition Authority, here. 

Unlocking digital competition

J. Furman, Oxford Martin School, Live here.

Retailer Amazon nears victory in rainforest battle over domain name

Reuters, here. 

Nie mehr WhatsApp? EU-Staaten könnten Messenger zur Öffnung zwingen

Netzpolitik, hier.

Trust, transparency and Tech

Policy Connect, here. 

Facebook and Google pressured EU experts to soften fake news regulations, say insiders

Open Democracy, here. 

Technology is messing with our emotions: an historical perspective

Chips with Everything Podcast, here. 

Cryptocurrencies are going mainstream – the battle is on to bring them under global control

Phys.org, here. 

Intesa nelle gare per l’assegnazione dei diritti internazionali del calcio in TV. Sanzionati MP Silva, IMG e B4 Capital per 67 milioni di euro

AGCM, here. 

Understanding the Digital Advertising Ecosystem and the Impact of Data Privacy and Competition Policy

US Senate, Hearing here.


<= This is how my students react when they understand how programmatic advertising works

This is Johnny's testimony, here. 

Ahem, ahem... AI engine said to be good as human docs at spotting lung cancer developing

The Register, here. 

Lithuanian DPA hands down GDPR fine to e-payment company

iapp, here. Google translation of the press release of the LT DPA here. 

Your Car Knows When You Gain Weight

NYTimes, here. 

Uber, Lyft drivers manipulate fares at Reagan National causing artificial price surges

WJLA, here. 

Google’s Huawei restrictions are a wake-up call for all Android phone makers

Venture Beat, here. 

US to endorse new OECD principles on artificial intelligence

Politico.eu, here. 

Pourquoi Chargemap n’est pas compatible avec Apple Carplay et Android Auto ?

Chargemap, ici. 

Leading experts appointed to AI Council to supercharge the UK’s artificial intelligence sector

UK Gov, here. 

How tech companies are shaping the rules governing AI

Wired, here. 

Is it aging well? Some parts better than others..."The Interface between Competition Policy and Data Protection" JECLAP 2012

Yours very truly, here. More thoughts here (also written 2012, for Ascola).

Facebook forms Swiss fintech firm with payments focus

Reuters, here. 

Toekomstbestendigheid van het mededingingsinstrumentarium in relatie tot online platforms

Ministerie van Economische Zaken en Klimaat, hier (very good Google Translation here, you're welcome).

The rise of surveillance capitalism

The Nation, here. 

Google has been tracking nearly everything you buy online — see for yourself with this tool

The Verge, here. 

Antitrust Alone Is Not Enough

F. Scott Morton, here. 

POTs: Protective Optimization Technologies

S. Gürses et al., here.
And also Privacy after the Agile Turn, here.
And here. 

Blockchain: practices and perspectives

UNESCO, here. 

Justice and Data Market

S. Gürses, Video here. 

Datenschutz im digitalen Zeitalter: Umsetzung der Datenschutzgrundverordnung (DSGVO) – Bilanz ein Jahr nach Inkrafttreten

P. Schaar, A. Dix, hier. 

Open banking take-up in the Netherlands less than expected because government promoted GDPR so well

ComputerWeekly.com, here. 

How can we tell if Google is serious about privacy?

FT, here.

Merger Cooperation and Information Exchange: Types of Information

ICN, here. 

Uber offers chastening lesson for platform businesses of the future

FT, here. 

Google, avviata istruttoria per presunto abuso di posizione dominante

AGCM, here. 

Clouds over Chicago but not so in Cartagena, Colombia

Do you remember that Finnish anti-discrimination board decision about algorithmic decision-making?

Available in English now, here. 

Concurrence et commerce : quelles politiques pour l’Europe ?

Conseil d'analyse économique, ici. 

Already wondering about your summer beach reads? Some great suggestions

J. Ito, here. 

Review of the VBER - process and timing

P. Bridgeland, here (41/95)

Commission fines Barclays, RBS, Citigroup, JPMorgan and MUFG €1.07 billion for participating in foreign exchange spot trading cartel

EC, here. 

Google’s new plan to push Google Pay in India: cashback incentives in Android apps

TechCrunch, here. 

Droht Google & Co. neues Ungemach aus Brüssel?

NZZ, hier. 

The Anti-monopoly Backlash Reaches the Supreme Court

TheAtlantic, here. 

The 'Scott Morton Review': How to Protect Competition and Consumers in Digital Markets

Report, here.

Chancen und Herausforderungen von DLT (Blockchain) in Mobilität und Logistik

BMVI, hier. 

BBC to launch 'public service algorithm' to break down filter bubbles

BBC, here. 

San Francisco becomes the first US city to ban facial recognition by government agencies

TheVerge, here. 

How the ICO’s Sandbox can help make your innovative idea a reality

ICO, here. 

Big Tech leapt on the blockchain bandwagon but its applications are stuck in cryptocurrency

The Register, here. 

App stores and (potential) abuses of dominance – an opportunity to reshape competition law enforcement in digital markets

D. Mandrescu, here. 

A Review of Competition Policy for the Digital Era

N. Petit, Presentation here. 

Antitrust complaint on behalf of HIV patients alleging that Gilead conspired with other drug makers

Here. 

Unboxing Artificial Intelligence: 10 steps to protect Human Rights

Council of Europe, Recommendation, here.

Por ley buscan regular las empresas de criptomonedas

RCNRadio, aquì. 

People say they care about privacy but buy devices that can spy on them anyway

Vox, here. 

Die Datenmacht von Google und Co. Eine Gefahr für den Wettbewerb?

Bertelsmaan Stiftung, hier. 

Locked-in Data Production: User-Dignity and Capture in the Platform Economy

E. Bietti, here. 

FinTech or TechFin

C. Skinner, here. 

There is more to airline dynamic pricing than meets the eye

Podcast, from 10:35, here. 

Similarities and differences in the assessment of the same three vertical mergers

ICN, here. 

Vertical Restraints Project - Hypotheticals on Online Parity Requirements and Online Sales Bans

ICN, here. 

Commission opens investigation into Insurance Ireland data pooling system

EC, here. 

Chris Hughes on The Daily Podcast

Here.

Surprise: Amazon rolls out machines that pack orders and replace jobs

Reuters, here.

Première rencontre avec Mark Zuckerberg

C. O, ici. 

Global Platform Governance: Private Power in the Shadow of the State

H. Bloch-Wehba, here. 

Antitrust: gara Consip FM4, sanzioni per circa 235 milioni di euro

AGCM, qui.. Provvedimento qui.

Apple v. Pepper

US Supreme Court, here.

Update on Google Shopping

Here. 

Talking to the Law Student With a Novel Theory About Amazon’s Power

NYMag, here. 

The EU Needs to Reform the GDPR to Remain Competitive in the Algorithmic Economy

Center for Data Innovation, here. 

A new government agency to regulate all big tech companies.

Recode with C. Hughes, Podcast here. 

On sandboxes and those profound mysteries of the algorithmic age

Commission fines AB InBev €200 million for restricting cross-border sales of beer

EC, here. 

Marketing Agencies and Collusive Bidding∗ in Online Ad Auctions

F. Decarolis, M. Goldmanis, A. Penta, here. 

Friend portability is the must-have Facebook regulation FTC must pave the path to competition

Techcrunch, here. 

Allons-nous retrouver notre vie privée?

Lecho.be, ici. 

Much ado about nothing? Online platform price parity clauses and the EU Booking.com case

A. Mantovani, C. Piga, C. Reggiani, here. 

Breaking Up Facebook Is Not the Answer

N. Clegg, here. 

New: Participative Antitrust Must Haves Playlist

On Spotify (fittingly?), here.  How it all started here. And this classic treatment in the literature (the file was there until last Saturday, I swear, but you can catch it up live sometime, perhaps, if you're lucky).

...and growing.

Why Google believes machine learning is its future

ArsTechnica, here. 

France seeks handle on Facebook algos to help combat hate speech

Reuters, here. 

Facebook sues analytics firm Rankwave over data misuse

TechCrunch, here. 

Competition Concerns in Labour Markets – Background Note

OECD, Background Note by the Secretariat, here. 

Licensing of IP Rights and Competition Law

OECD, Background Note by the Secretariat, here. 

Google, Amazon Patent Filings Reveal Digital Home Assistant Privacy Problems

Consumer Watchdog, here. 

Créer un cadre français de responsabilisation des réseaux sociaux : agir en France avec une ambition européenne

Rapport de la mission « Régulation des réseaux sociaux – Expérimentation Facebook », ici.  

The Blockchain (R)evolution and the Role of Antitrust

Antitrust Digest, here. 

Millions of people uploaded photos to the Ever app. Then the company used them to develop facial recognition tools.

NBC News, here. 

Competition and the rule of law

M. Vestager, here. 

Rod Sims, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

Capitol Forum, Interview here (Video).

Nest, the company, died at Google I/O 2019

ArsTechnica, here. 

Antitrust and Innovation: Welcoming and Protecting Disruption

G. Federico, F. Scott Morton, C. Shapiro, here. 

India orders anti-trust probe of Google for alleged Android abuse - sources

Reuters, here. 

Antitrust Reading List Proposed by Chris Hughes

Here. And more suggestions here. 

Mark Zuckerberg has to go. Here are 25 reasons why

The Guardian, here. 

The German Facebook Antitrust Case Viewed from Brussels?

M. Vestager, here.

Asnef-Equifax is an "interesting" ruling, to be understood in the specific context of the case. My impression is that EU judges would be willing to view things differently today...

Dublin-based Ion Group in talks to buy Mergermarket owner

FT, here. 

Fintech and Blockchain: Where Silicon Alley Meets Hyperconverged Infrastructure

BankInnovation.net, here. 

2019 Explainable Artificial Intelligence: Can We Hold Machines Accountable?

Silicon Flatirons Conference, Videos here. 

GOOGLE’S NEW PRIVACY FEATURES PUT THE RESPONSIBILITY ON USERS

Wired, here. 

Expedia Under Investigation by Utah Over Hotel Collusion Claims

D. McLaughlin, here.

Not the first time that Expedia and TravelPass lock horns, here. 

2019 ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION CONFERENCE - DIGITAL PLATFORMS, MARKETS, AND DEMOCRACY: A PATH FORWARD

Stigler Center, 15-16 May 2019,  here. Live streaming!

Regulating Facebook and Google Pt 1: Markets

Capitalisn't Podcast, here. 

Japan's 'information banks' to let users cash in on personal data

Nikkei, here. 

Deep Dive into Real-Time Bidding (RTB)

R. van Eijk, Video here. 

Zuboff's book everywhere

My provisional take (but sadly no Ascola paper on the topic - max one individual paper pp - but apparently *two* co-authored papers are fine), here. 

Essential California: Why San Francisco banned cashless stores

LATimes, here. 

Automating Society: Taking Stock of Automated Decision-Making in the EU

AlgorithmWatch in cooperation with Bertelsmann Stiftung, supported by the Open Society Foundations, here.

Evaluating the EC Private Data Sharing Principles

B. Gonzalez Otero, here. 

A FRAND Regime for Dominant Digital Platforms

M. Heim, I. Nicolic, here. 

Exploring the Interfaces Between Big Data and Intellectual Property Law

D. Gervais, here. 

It’s Time to Break Up Facebook

NyTimes, here. 

2. Öffentliche Sitzung der Datenethikkommission

Live-Stream hier. 

Tencent and Alibaba granted licences to offer Hong Kong banking

FT, here. 

Establishing the rules for building trustworthy AI

L. Floridi, here. 

Ethically Aligned Design

IEEE, here. 

Decade in the Red: Trump Tax Figures Show Over $1 Billion in Business Losses

NYTimes, here. 

Microsoft, Starbucks Team On AI-Powered Predictive Orders

Pymnts.com, here. 

How Digital Platforms Have Become Double-Edged Swords

MIT Sloan MR, here. 

Consumers as prey for AI

Competition Lore Podcast, here. 

Accountability without liability: ‘to whom’ and ‘with what consequences’? (Questions for the 2019 OECD privacy Guidelines review)

G. Greenleaf, here. 

Competitive Edge: Principles and presumptions for U.S. vertical merger enforcement policy

J. Baker, N. Rose, S. Salop, F. Scott Morton, here. 

Facebook stops blocking some blockchain ads

TechCrunch, here. 

ASCOLA 2019 Aix-en-Provence Faculty of Law

Programme, here. 

HEARING ON “OVERSIGHT OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION: STRENGTHENING PROTECTIONS FOR AMERICANS’ PRIVACY AND DATA SECURITY”

Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, Hearing on Wednesday, May 8, 2019, live now here.

Is competition enough? Competition for consumers, on behalf of consumers.

A. Tyrie, here.

Google Face Match brings privacy debate into the home

FT, here. 

Facebook has hired several former PayPal employees for its mysterious blockchain project.

Bloomberg, here.

M.B., for you...

Facebook picks London as base for WhatsApp push into payments

FT, here. 

The Case for the Digital Platform Act: Market Structure and Regulation of Digital Platforms

H. Feld, here. 

Privacy Rights and Data Collection in a Digital Economy

US Senate Committee Hearing, here. 

ACCESO DE APLICACIONES A LA PANTALLA EN DISPOSITIVOS ANDROID

AEPD, aquì.

CONTROL DEL USUARIO EN LA PERSONALIZACIÓN DE ANUNCIOS EN ANDROID

AEDP, aquì.

The Data Mobility Sandbox and a peek at the future of personal data

Digi.me, here. 

Fairness and Competitiveness in a Digitised World

M. Vestager, Live streaming, today 12:30 re:publica 2019, here. 

Free translation: L'Europa non è perfetta ma è una figata di inizio. (warning: strong language)

IAB internet advertising revenue report

IAB, here. 

The creeping threat of facial recognition

FastCompany, here. 

Android now has 2.5B users

TechCrunch, here. 

How can more people benefit from the knowledge economy?

Future curious, Podcast here.
Nesta, Imagination unleashed: Democratising the knowledge economy here.
Roberto Unger's book here.
OECD Discussion here. 

Weighing the value of data – trade-offs, transparency and competition in the digital marketplace

R. Finer, here. 

AI in law enforcement needs clear oversight

FT, here. 

Intellectual Property and the Price of Prescription Drugs: Balancing Innovation and Competition

Senate Judiciary Committee, Hearing here. With the great Prof. Michael Carrier. 

On the Algorithmic Accountability Act - Opinion

M. Kaminski, A. Selbst, hier. 

THE EUROPEAN UNION: A PEOPLE-CENTRED AGENDA: SECTION 12

OECD, here. 

Big Tech im Check

Video hier. 

Review of Online Targeting

Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation, here.

Review on Bias in Algorithmic Decision Making

Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation, here. 

Automated Decision-Making in the EU Member States Laws: The Right to Explanation and Other 'Suitable Safeguards'

G. Malgieri, here. 

Big Tech Is Spying on Your Wallet

WashingtonMonthly, here.

Sanders Calls for Breaking Up Big Agriculture Monopolies

NYTimes, here. 

Tristan Harris says tech is “downgrading” humanity — but we can fix it

Recode, Podcast here. 

Administration by Algorithm? Public Management Meets Public Sector Machine Learning

M. Veale, I. Brass, here. 

Bergen Competition Policy Conference 2019

Video recordings and slides here. 

Bitkom warnt vor bedingungsloser Datenweitergabe

Golem, hier. 

Alex Rosenblat on the cultural impact and influence of Uber

The Rideshareguy, Podcast here. 

New report calls out failing Open Banking API services

FinExtra, here. 

First Draft! A pro-competition data sandbox for the digital world

S. Vezzoso (this blog's author), here.

Comments would be great, please write to simonetta.vezzoso@unitn.it, many thanks!

F.T.C. Wants to Punish Facebook, but the Divided Agency May Go Only So Far

NYTimes, here. 

Project Libra: Facebook to launch stablecoin-based payments network

TheBlockCrypto, here.

A broadly-shared sin: hindsight bias

BBC, here. 

Enforcing European Competition Law in a Global Digital Economy

A. Ezrachi. A. Reyna, here. 

EU E-Commerce Proposal Seeks Data Privacy Rules for WTO Members

Bloomberg, here. 

Competition in Television and Digital Advertising

M. Delrahim, here. 

Life Fitness’s Advertising Platform Brings Programmatic Ads to the Gym

AdWeek, here. 

A Conspiracy To Kill IE6

C. Zacharias, here. 

AI and Education

Interview with T. Escrig, here. 

Ireland's Data Protection Commission opens statutory inquiry into Quantcast International Limited

Here.
For more info here. 

In praise of antitrust compliance programs

M. Delrahim, here (who among us @WavesBlog Readers wouldn't join in?).

Peloton Fires Back At Music Publishers With Antitrust Allegations

Forbes, here. 

Zuckerberg's privacy joke

Here. 

The Antitrust Case Against Facebook

D. Srinivasan, here. 

Facebook opens its data to academics for first time

FT, here. 

The economics of the security of consumer-grade IoT products and services

Internet society, here. 

KEY DRIVERS, EMERGING TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN CORPORATE BANKING

FinExtra/Oracle, here. 

Beware of 'Algorithmic Regulation'

S. Delacroix, here. 

The new division of labor

Deloitte, here. 

Economic Measurement of AI

K. McElheran, here. 

A look at the proposed Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2019

iapp, here. 

AAI Interview With Antitrust Expert Jonathan Baker – A Preview of His Forthcoming Book: The Antitrust Paradigm

AAI, here. 

Facebook Is Turning Instagram Into The New Facebook

BuzzFeedNews, here. 

Concerns Over Privacy and Security Contribute to Consumer Distrust in Connected Devices

Internet Society, here. 

Kenya Signs $665.4m Deal With China For Konza Data Centre And Smart City Plan

Data-economy, here. 

Ausschluss von Vergabeverfahren: Gleiss-Mandantin Daimler und andere Kartellanten unter Druck

Juve.de, hier. 

WILL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ENHANCE OR HACK HUMANITY?

Wired, here. 

A doorbell company owned by Amazon wants to start producing “crime news” and it’ll definitely end well

NiemanLab, here. 

Whistleblowers: Company at heart of 97,000% drug price hike bribed doctors to boost sales

CNN, here. 

UK competition regulator approves $2.2bn PayPal-iZettle deal

FT, here. See also here and here and the whole decision here. 

What can the first blockchain antitrust case teach us about the crypto-economy?

K. Stylianou, here.

Live comments here. 

The once-hot robotics startup Anki is shutting down after raising more than $200 million

Recode, here. 

According to Advocate General Szupunar a service such as that provided by the AIRBNB portal constitutes an information society service

CJEU, Case C-390/18, here. 

The Schweitzer Review

Achat de crypto-monnaies: compte bloqué par une banque

Ici.

No-Fault Digital Platform Monopolization

M. Lao, here. 

Facebook accused of blocking wider efforts to study its ad platform

TechCrunch, here. 

Financial Data Aggregation e Account Information Services

Consob, qui. 

Facebook, Google are not publishers, says US anti-trust expert

Financial Review, here. 

Dynamic Competition in Dynamic Markets - A Path Forward

Conference, Live Stream (00:30 AM, 30 April 2019), here.  

Datenschutz-Aufsicht: Nutzung von Drohnen rechtlich "in der Regel nicht möglich"

Heise.de, hier. 

AI and decision making in organizations

D. Bouiller, Video here. 

Mastercard and Visa to slash inter-regional fees for tourist cards in EU

FinExtra, here. 

The impact and effectiveness of Innovate

FCA, here. 

Deeds not words: the next stage of the FCA’s innovation journey

C. Woolard, here. 

Werbebetrug mit Apps: Google wirft Hersteller aus Play Store

Heise.de, hier. 

New institutions are needed for the digital age

J. Tennison, FT, here. 

Danish DPA Issues First GDPR Fine: minimisation and anonymisation

GDPRToolkit, here. 

Apple Cracks Down on Apps That Fight iPhone Addiction

NYTimes, here. 

Barley unterstützt Vestager-Vorstoß gegen Digitalkonzerne

Hasepost.de, hier. 

Are (US) regulators out of ideas when it comes to Facebook’s unprecedented power and reach?

NYTimes, here. 

Regulators Around the World Are Circling Facebook

NYTimes, here.

Not hard to figure out who the dissenting FTC member might be.

Put Another Zero on Facebook’s Fine. Then We Can Talk.

K. Swisher, here. 

Some Amazon Sellers Are Paying $10,000 A Month To Trick Their Way To The Top

BuzzFeedNews, here. 

Facebook says it filed a US lawsuit to shut down a follower-buying service in New Zealand

TechCrunch, here. 

How Google treats Meredith Whittaker is important to potential AI whistleblowers

Venture Beat, here. 

Pons und Langenscheidt dürfen fusionieren

FAZ, hier (und hier).

EU-Wettbewerbskommissarin Vestager will Macht der Weltkonzerne neu regulieren

Handelsblatt, hier. 

Amazon's Alexa Team Can Access Users' Home Addresses

Bloomberg, here. 

TAKING THE LEAD IN ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT: EVALUATING INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY

G. Gürkaynak, here. 

THE BRAVE BROWSER WILL PAY YOU TO SURF THE WEB

Wired, here. 

JD.com says putting chickens on the blockchain was great for business

TNW, here. 

Canada: Privacy Investigation of Facebook

Here. 

What is machine learning and why should I care?

CJR.org, here. 

Telematik-Versicherung: Ein Algorithmus entscheidet, wer sicher fährt

Netzpolitik.ord, hier. 

As Amazon Gets Bigger, Sellers Feel the Squeeze

Decrypted, Podcast here. 

Walmart unveils an A.I.-powered store of the future, now open to the public

TechCrunch, here. 

What has the EU ever done for us?

          Here. 

   "Oooh - peace...Shut up!"

La CNMC lanza una consulta pública sobre la publicidad online en España

Aquì. 

Accenture sued over website redesign so bad it Hertz: Car hire biz demands $32m+ for 'defective' cyber-revamp

The Register, here.  See also here.

Tesla plans to launch an insurance product ‘in about a month’

TechCrunch, here. 

Slapping Facebook's Wrist

Labor AI centre set for Melbourne

Innovationaus.com, here. 

FTC Charges Surescripts with Illegal Monopolization of E-Prescription Markets

Here. 

Digital Health Data and Information Sharing: A New Frontier for Health Care Competition?

J. Adler-Milstein, M. Gaynor, here. 

Warren v. Amazon on Twitter

Thread Here.

From the Dark Side to the Bright Side: Exploring Algorithmic Antitrust Compliance

A. Deng, here. 

Monopolkommission empfiehlt, die von Miba und Zollern beantragte Ministererlaubnis nicht zu erteilen

Stellungnahme, hier. 

Just like that

HT @UGambini

Apple muss Erben Zugang zu iCloud-Account eines Verstorbenen gewähren

Spiegel Online, hier. 

Brazil's antitrust watchdog probing banks over competition hurdles to fintech

Reuters, here. Nota técnica aqui. 

Nicknames come with the job

M. Vestager, Video here. 

Will Netflix eventually monetize its user data?

J. Mittell, here. 

THE DISTINCTIVE DNA OF EU ANTITRUST?

A. Ezrachi on CompetitionLore, here. 

One Country Blocks the World on Data Privacy

Politico EU, here. 

Building an AI workforce

A. Ng, Podcast here. 

Google & Amazon reach an agreement to bring their streaming video apps to each others’ platforms

TechCrunch, here. 

Shaping Choices in the Digital World

LINC, here. 

Google to suggest 10 browser and search engine alternatives for Android users in Europe

Venture Beat, here. 

BEUC calls for a cross-institutional scrutiny of Facebook’s data practices

BEUC, here. 

Broadband firms and government to hold talks over Google Chrome update

The Drum, here. 

Understanding the development of contemporary economics through major controversies : syllabus, lecture summaries and reflections

B. Cherrier, here. 

Event Recap: European AI Strategies

Center for Data Innovation, here. 

Singapore's "FinTech Fast Track" initiative is doing swimmingly well, thank you

IPKat, here. 

Revolut promises to grow up as it seeks new investment

FT, here. 

The privacy and antitrust worlds are starting to cross over

Iapp, here. 

Microsoft Edge for iOS and Android adds single sign-in, can now block Chrome and Safari access to some apps

ZDNet, here. 

Privacy, Obscurity and Keeping Economics Where it Belongs

G. Hull, here. 

Spotify lodges antitrust complaint against Apple: it’s ‘time to play fair’ in the music streaming industry

F. Bostoen, here. 

Big Tech to face antitrust law on user data in Japan

Asia Nikkei, here.

Amazon: investigation launched on possible abuse of a dominant position in online marketplaces and logistic services

AGCM, qui. Provvedimento qui.

Google & Amazon reach an agreement to bring their streaming video apps to each others’ platforms

TechCrunch, here. 

Google lets Android users choose browsers to ease EU antitrust concerns

Reuters, here. 

CMA recommends shake-up of UK audit market

CMA, here. 

Continental, Valeo seek EU antitrust action against Nokia

Reuters, here. 

CPI Audio Interview with Philip Marsden

Here. 

The EDPB’s Narrow View of Contractual Necessity

HogamLovells, here. 

Guidelines 2/2019 on the processing of personal data under Article 6(1)(b) GDPR in the context of the provision of online services to data subjects

EDPB, here. 

‘A Convenient Life and a Good Life May Not Be the Same Thing’

The Atlantic, here. 

Data trusts: lessons from three pilots

ODI, here. 

German competition authority pushes the boundaries of abuse of dominance with infringement finding on online data collection

Bristows, here. 

The battle of Fintech is over, the battle of TechFin is about to begin

Daily Fintech, here. 

vzbv klagt erfolgreich gegen Google

vzbv, hier.

Competition watchdog strengthens ties with FBI to fight cartels

The Sydney Morning Herald, here. 

BMW, Qualcomm Battle Against VW, Renault on Connected Car Rules

Bloomberg, here. 

Former Mozilla exec: Google has sabotaged Firefox for years

ZDNet, here. 

Political Economy of the Quantum Information Age

C. Hoofnagle, here. 

Mastercard ruling: almost every UK adult could receive payout

TheGuardian, here. 

Mark Zuckerberg leveraged Facebook user data to fight rivals and help friends, leaked documents show

NBC News, here. 

Facebook says it never sells your data but these internal documents show exactly how much they value your data in dollars

BoingBoing, here. 

Apple and Qualcomm Settle All Disputes Worldwide

NYTimes, here. 

Elektronische und digitale Zahlungsdienstleistungen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Antwort der Bundesregierung, hier.  

idealo verklagt Google auf Schadensersatz wegen Missbrauchs seiner marktbeherrschenden Stellung

Presseportal.de, hier. 

Digital Innovation: Seizing Policy Opportunities

OECD, here. 

President of E-Commerce Company Pleads Guilty To Price Fixing

DoJ, here. 

Leave, Remain & Common Ground: Pragmatism in Dealing with Tech Giants

P. Marsden, here. 

Amazon Workers Are Listening to What You Tell Alexa

Bloomberg, here. 

Google’s Next Big Money Maker Could Be the Maps on Your Phone

Bloomberg, here. 

CMA alleges piano supplier illegally prevented price discounts

CMA, here. 

Sector inquiry on comparison websites - Bundeskartellamt wants to terminate infringements of consumer rights and demands new competences

Bundeskartellamt, here.

Rakuten, Booking.com and Expedia raided by Japan's antitrust watchdog over lodging price policy

Japan Times, here. 

How Capitalism Betrayed Privacy

T. Wu, here. 

ACM launches investigation into abuse of dominance by Apple in its App Store

ACM, here. 

Market study into mobile app stores

ACM, here. 

In defense of the black box

E. Holm, here. 

On the limits of a new AI-inspired Gosplan system

Y. Feygin, here.

Facebook to clearly explain how it uses consumer data - EU

Reuters, here.
See also here.

Ethics washing made in Europe

T. Matzinger, here. 

CMA chides big banks for Open Banking delays

FinExtra, here. 

European data supervisor investigates Microsoft software used by EU

Reuters, here. 

The case against Facebook: A 'dataopoly' with too much market power

CBC, here. 

Competition in a globalised world: the role of public policies

Banque de France, Video here.
Interesting observations by the Governor on Fintech and Techfin start at 8:58:52.

Competition Policy for the Digital Era

J. Crémer Y.-A. de Montjoye, H. Schweitzer, here. 

Australia Passes Law to Punish Social Media Companies for Violent Posts

NYtimes, here. 

IMF warns that tech giants stifle innovation and threaten stability

The Guardian, here. 

Landlord 2.0: Tech’s New Rentier Capitalism

OneZero, here. 

CCPA public comments

Here. 

Facebook’s ad system seems to discriminate by race and gender

The Economist, here. 

Amazon Alexa is now HIPAA-compliant. Tech giant says health data can now be accessed securely

Stat News, here. 

Elizabeth Warren claims credit as Amazon demotes private label ads

FT, here. 

VW, BMW and Daimler Hindered Clean-Air Technology, European Regulator Says

NYTimes, here. See also here.

Changes to EU antitrust enforcement on Big Tech urged

FT, here. 

EU goes after Valve for ‘geo-blocking’ Steam activation codes

TechCrunch, here.
See also here.

Does Google meet its users’ expectations around consumer privacy? This news industry research says no

NiemanLab, here. 

Ethics guidelines for trustworthy AI

EC, here. 

Online Harms White Paper

UK Gov, here. 

The Problems with (Dominant) Platforms

G. Crawford, presentation here. 

The SEC Just Released Its Long-Awaited Crypto Token Guidance

CoinDesk, here. 

Personalized pricing in the digital era

A. Schonfield, here.

Fortune favours the Brave: Privacy browser chap takes gripes over adtech body's website to Irish data watchdog

The Register, here. 

European Commission and European Supervisory Authorities launch new platform to improve cooperation on technological innovation in the financial sector

EC, Here.

How much additional funding would the FTC need to create a Bureau of Technology? Response no later than April 3, 2019

J. Nader, D. Cicilline, here. 

UK lawmakers want Big Four accounting firms broken up

Reuters, here. 

Why owning their national data is important for developing countries

IT for Change, here. 

EU Delivers U.K. Tax Bill as Brexit Deal Eludes Parliament

Bloomberg, here. 

HOW TO THINK ABOUT BREAKING UP BIG TECH

The Intercept, here. 

Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is considering paying publishers to put their articles in a dedicated news tab

Business Insider, here. 

When it comes to disclosing sponsors, your Google Assistant may be mute

Reuters, here. 

Three Reviews of Shoshana Zuboff's Surveillance Capitalism

J. Cohen, here;
R. Evangelista, here;
K. Ball, here. 

Daimler asks EU antitrust regulators to probe Nokia patents

Reuters, here. 

FTC Will Meet State Attorney Generals To Discuss Facebook and Google

Bloomberg, here.

67th ABA Antitrust Law Spring Meeting

MLex, Here.

Data sharing as pro-competition policy tool

Die Facebook-Entscheidung zum Nachlesen

Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

Wir Nutzerinnen sind der Kadaver

Matrix, heute hier. 

Apple Card raises pressure on banks — and fintechs

Payments Source, here. 

The Legal Challenges of the Data Economy

Conference, video here.
Randy Picker's presentation at 5:34:04, his slides are here. 

BBC pulls its podcasts from Google Podcasts and Assistant

The Verge, here. 

Skepsis bei EU-Ministererlaubnis

WiWo, hier. 

Consumer Data Right Draft Rules

ACCC, here. 

How big tech designs its own rules of ethics to avoid scrutiny and accountability

D. Watts, here. 

Conference report: “Can robots invent and create? A dialogue between Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property”

IPKitten, here. 

Reuse policy: a study on available reuse implementing instruments and licensing considerations

 Central IP Service of the European Commission, here. 

How Facebook grew too big to handle

FT, here. 

Shoshana Zuboff on surveillance capitalism

The Verge, here. 

IAB Submits Comments on the California Consumer Privacy Act to the California Attorney General

IAB, here. 

Apple’s new credit card means the tech giant is now battling the same banks that built Apple Pay

Recode, here. 

The Apple Card is a perfect example of Apple’s post-iPhone strategy

The Verge, here. 

Apple wants investors to focus on its services business. Regulators may, too

CNN, here. 

Google rival wants more details about Google's Android proposal

Reuters, here. 

The Global Governance of Online Consumer Protection and E-commerce

I. Lianos et al., here. 

The Machine As Author

D. Gervais, here. 

European Commission fines Nike €12.5 million for restricting cross-border sales of merchandising products

Press release, here. 

Digital Competition Expert Panel recommendations – CMA view

Here. 

Big tech faces competition and privacy concerns in Brussels

The Economist, here. 

UNLOCKING VALUE WITH CONSUMER DATA RIGHTS RULES

Accenture, here. 

Planet49: AG's Opinion

Here. 

Uber drivers demand their data

The Economist, here (and here).

Innovation mapping now

Nesta, here. 

Introduction to the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation

CDEI, here. 

Use of personal data in online advertising

Report for the ICO, here. 

Amazon Pay inks Worldpay integration as it branches out in the wider world of e-commerce

TechCrunch, here. 

Kaspersky Lab files antitrust complaint over iOS Screen Time

The Verge, here.