Friday, July 31, 2020

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

ArsTechnica, here.

Technology Theatre

CIGI, here.

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

EC, here. 

Top 10 Admissions from Tech CEOs Secured at the Antitrust Hearing

Tech(no)Bosses - click on image
H. Singer, here. 

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

ArsTechnica, here. 

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

Rob (Nicholls), here. 

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

FAZ Digitec-Podcast, hier. 

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

J. Sowell, here. 

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

US House Committee on the Judiciary, here. 

Guidance on AI and data protection

ICO, here. 

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

The Guardian, here. 

Die Wichtigkeit von Transparenz im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung

FAZ, hier. 

London Stock Exchange may sell Milan bourse to secure Refinitiv deal

Reuters, here. 

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

Reuters, here. 

Regulating the Digital Economy

 Competition Commission of India, here.

Thursday, July 30, 2020

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

Reuters, here. 

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

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

Google Search: Summer Read

Here. 

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

Why it matters that TikTok wants to reveal its algorithms

Recode, here. 

Antitrust finally gets its hearing

C. Newton, here. 

The Triumphant Return of Congress

D. Dayen, here.

A New Paradigm for Business of Data

WEF, here. 

Big Tech Hearing: My Modest Take in a Tweet



Telegram is the latest company to make antitrust complaint against Apple

B. Lovejoy, here. 

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

FT, here. 

Interoperability as a tool for competition regulation

I. Brown, here. 

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

NYTimes, here. 

Lawmakers want privacy protections included in coronavirus stimulus package

CNET, here. 

Margrethe to David

Here. 

Big Tech’s leaders squirm as documents reveal their power

FT, here. 

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

MyData, here. 

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

D. Ciciline, here.

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

The Verge, here. 

Amazon and aggregate data

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

The Ringer, here. 

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

Here. 

Google-Fitbit: In-depth merger control

C. Caffarra, here. 

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

The Verge, here. 

Baidu's Review Fast Track

Here. 

Neutralize a potential competitor?

On Apple’s monopoly power to destroy HEY

DHH, here. 

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

WTO, here. 

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

TechCrunch, here. 

Lawmakers From Both Sides Take Aim at Big Tech Executives

NWTimes, here. 

Amazon: Diapers.com

Here. 

Everything you need to know from the tech antitrust hearing

The Verge, here.

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

CTV News, here. 

Telegram files EU antitrust complaint against Apple’s App Store

FT, here. 

Apple Copycats

Here. 

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

Forbes, here. 

Monday, July 27, 2020

Bureau Symposium: Consumer Access to Financial Records

U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, here.

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 2040

Fraunhofer, hier.

Monday, July 20, 2020

Fiona, Apple, and Amazon: How Big Tech Pays to Win the Battle of Ideas

D. Dayen, here.

Applied IO Policy Panel: What should IO economists be working on in tech? [Answer: it depends]

CEPR, here.
💰 1:13:30.

Addressing trust in public sector data use

UK Gov, here. 

The social imaginaries of data activism

T. Lehtiniemi, M. Ruckenstein, here. 

Application « StopCovid » : la CNIL tire les conséquences de ses contrôles

CNIL, ici. 

EU Regulators Halt LSE, Refinitiv Probe, Await Data

NYTimes, here. 

Fintech Strategic Review: Terms of Reference

UK Treasury, here. 

The Impact of Law and Economics on American Justice

E. Ash et al., here. 

BIDEN-SANDERS UNITY TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS

Here. 

Applying new models of data stewardship to health and care data

ODI, here. 

Uber drivers to launch legal bid to uncover app's algorithm

The Guardian, here. 

EDPS Statement following the Court of Justice ruling in Case C-311/18 Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Ltd and Maximilian Schrems (“Schrems II”)

EDPS, here. 

A proxy for privacy uncovering the surveillance ecology of mobile apps

S. Lai, S. Flensburg, here. 

Plateformes coopératives

Caisse des Dépôts, ici. 

The Dark Side of Public Innovation

A. Meijer, M. Thaens, here. 

Seeing the forest for the trees: Visualizing platformization and its governance

J. Van Dijck, here. 

Thursday, July 09, 2020

Online platforms and digital advertising market study: An Overview

CMA, here. 

Mind Your Own Business: Protecting Proprietary Third-Party Information From Digital Platforms

H. Feld (Public Knowledge/Omidyar Network), here. 

EU MARKET STUDY ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF HOTEL ACCOMMODATION IN THE EU

Tender specifications, here. 

FAIRE DES DONNÉES ENVIRONNEMENTALES DES DONNÉES D’INTÉRÊT GÉNÉRAL

CNNum, ici. 

Sektoruntersuchung im Bereich öffentlich zugänglicher Ladeinfrastruktur für Elektrofahrzeuge

Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

In Novel Ruling, 5th Circ. Curbs Privacy On Bitcoin Exchanges

Law360, here (and here).

REPORT ON THE RESULTS OF THE ICN SURVEY ON DOMINANCE/SUBSTANTIAL MARKET POWER IN DIGITAL MARKETS

ICN, here. 

EUROPEAN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE POLICY: MAPPING THE INSTITUTIONAL LANDSCAPE

Data Justice Lab, here.

ICN Conglomerate Mergers Project Report

ICN, here. 

Mobile applications to support contact tracing in the EU’s fight against COVID-19: Progress reporting June 2020

EC, here. 

Statement on ACM public consultation on sustainability guidelines

EC, here. ACM, hier.
See also Giovanni's Manifesto, here (p. 13).



Live tweeting from a great Webinar (and there's also the video link)!



Tweets Here.
Video here.


Don’t ask if artificial intelligence is good or fair, ask how it shifts power

Nature, here. 

Publication de l'étude sur l'interopérabilité suivie d'un panel

CNNum, vidéo ici. 

Monday, July 06, 2020

For a Few Dollars More (Section)

Per un pugno di dollari (Original motion picture soundtrack) de Ennio  Morricone sur Amazon Music - Amazon.fr  A Lawyer's Tribute to Ennio Morricone, here (here).

Audrey Tang - Taiwan's Covid19 response.

Copernicani, from 4:00, Video here. 

Concurrence et régulation des plateformes. Étude de cas sur l’interopérabilité des réseaux sociaux

CNNum, ici.

Hinweise für Berliner Verantwortliche zu Anbietern von Videokonferenz-Diensten

Die Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit, Hier. 

Rana Foroohar: The Surveillance Economy

Economics and beyond Podcast, here. 

From National Marketplaces to Global Providers of Financial Infrastructures: Exchanges, Infrastructures & Structural Power in Global Finance

J. Petri, here. 

Termite Capitalism: how private equity is undermining the economy

S. Smith, here. 

Documenting the financialisation of the pharmaceutical industry

J. Busfield, here. 

The 2020 Covid‑19 pandemic and global value chains

R. Strange, here. 

Panopticon Reborn: Social Credit as Regulation for the Age of AI

K. Werbach, here. 

Platform Capitalism’s Hidden Abode: Producing Data Assets in the Gig Economy

N. van Doorn, A. Badger, here.

Digitale Souveränität in der EU

Bertelsmann Stiftung, hier. 

Ad boycotts alone will not curb Big Tech

FT, here. 

Legislative framework for the governance of common European data spaces

EC, here. 

Thursday, July 02, 2020

GDPR And AI: Making Sense Of A Complex Relationship

EPthinktank.eu, here.

Here Come the 4 Horsemen of the Techopolypse

K. Swisher, here. 

The future of behavioural science: ambition with a dose of humility

FCA, here. 

Analyse und konstruktive Kritik der offiziellen Datenschutzfolgenabschätzung der Corona-Warn-App

FIfF, hier. 

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

J.-U. Franck, D. Linardatos, here. 

Central banks and payments in the digital era

BIS, here. 

Access to Mobile Services and Proof of Identity 2020

GSMA, here. 

Evaluation of the effects of too-big-to-fail reforms: consultation report

FSB, here. 

Data Spaces and the EU Data Strategy

IDSA, here. 

Bank of England to host an Innovation Hub Centre

Press Release, here. 

Data, Compute, Labour

Ada Lovelace Institute, here. 

Sektoruntersuchung Smart-TVs

Bundeskartellamt, Bericht, hier. 

High-risk AI applications need to be properly regulated

M. Vestager, here. 

Plateformes numériques

Assemblée Nationale, Rapport d'information, ici.

Is it time for a ‘Digital New Deal’ to rein in Big Tech?

Protocol, here. 

Competition and the Industrial Challenge for the Digital Age

J. Tirole, here. 

Brazil antitrust agency revokes decision blocking WhatsApp, Cielo venture

Reuters, here. 

New regime needed to take on tech giants

CMA, Press Release  here.
Final Report, here.
Selection of essential Annexes:
- B: summary of responses to our interim report consultation, here;
- E: ecosystems of Google and Facebook, here;
- F: the role of data in digital advertising, here;
- G: the role of tracking in digital advertising, here;
- H: default positions in search, here;
- I: search quality and economies of scale, here;
- J: Facebook Platform and API access, here;
- K: consumer controls over platforms’ data collection, here;
- L: summary of research on consumers’ attitudes and behaviour, here;
- M: intermediation in open display advertising, here;
- N: understanding advertiser demand for digital advertising, here;
- Q: exploitation of market power, here;
- R: fees in the adtech stack, here;
- T: our approach to assessing data remedies, here;
- U: supporting evidence for the code of conduct, here;
- V: assessment of pro-competition interventions in general search, here;
- W: assessment of pro-competition interventions in social media, here;
- X: assessment of pro-competition interventions to enable consumer choice over personalised advertising, here;
- Y: choice architecture and Fairness by Design, here;
- Z: assessment of potential data-related interventions in digital advertising markets, here;
- ZA: assessment of potential pro-competition interventions to address market power in open display advertising, here.

Jigsaw Qualitative Research Report, Digital Advertising Services, here.


Covid Economics Vetted and Real-Time Papers

CEPR, here. 

Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice) on Facebook (translation)

Here. 

Contre la domination des Big Tech : le duo gagnant des autorités de concurrence et de régulation

S. Soriano, ici. 

Informatiker vermisst klare Konzepte für digitale Bildung

Heise.de, hier. 

CONSUMER AND CITIZEN GROUPS HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT GOOGLE FITBIT TAKEOVER

Consumer and citizen groups, here. 

EU signals deeper investigation of Google Fitbit deal

FT, here. 

Friday, June 26, 2020

Thursday, June 25, 2020

"Un test di civiltà" - Come conciliare sorveglianza e privacy durante una pandemia

La qui presente, su YouTube.

Operationalizing Research Access in Platform Governance

Algorithm Watch, here. 

Competition Policy in Transition: Exploring Data Portability’s Roles

Yours Very Truly, here.

Yes, it has actually to do with 👈

Very first draft...Please let me know if you have comments!

Google to pay some publishers in Australia, Brazil, Germany for content

Reuters, here. 

Bundesgerichtshof bestätigt vorläufig den Vorwurf der missbräuchlichen Ausnutzung einer marktbeherrschenden Stellung durch Facebook

BGH, hier. 

Capitaliser et valoriser les données de paiement : l’exemple de l’industrie des cartes de crédit

LINC, ici. 

Konsultationspapier zur Sektoruntersuchung Nutzerbewertungen

Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

Bank-Fintech Partnerships, Outsourcing Arrangements and the Case for a Mentorship Regime

L. Enriques, W.-G. Ringe, here. 

Gatekeepers and digital markets set for further EU regulation

Pinsent Masons, here. 

RGPD : le Conseil d’État rejette le recours dirigé contre la sanction de 50 millions d’euros infligée à Google par la CNIL

Ici. 

Antitrust & Corruption: Overruling Noerr

T. Wu, here. 

EP REPORT on competition policy

Here. 

Why was Frankfurt so blind for so long about Wirecard?

FT, here. 

Cash Less Society : comment préserver la vie privée dans une société sans argent liquide ?

LINC, ici. 

To tame the giants, the EU needs to step up competition enforcement

BEUC, here. 

Are cookie banners indeed compliant with the law? Deciphering EU legal requirements on consent and technical means to verify compliance of cookie banners

C. Santos, N. Bielova, C. Matte, here. 

Amazon’s Enforcement Failures Leave Open a Back Door to Banned Goods—Some Sold and Shipped by Amazon Itself

TheMarkUp, here. 

Why open science is critical to combatting COVID-19

OECD, here. 

Apple will let users pick their own default email and browser apps

TechCrunch, here. 

Why Google Dominates Advertising Markets

D. Srinivasan, here. 

BREAKING NEWS: Federal Cartel Office of Germany asks regional courts to refer component-level standard-essential patent licensing questions to CJEU, disagrees with Nokia

FOSS Patents, here. 

City-wide data in London (Part 2): Where we want to get to

Smart London, here. 

Data and Covid-19: why standards matter

ODI, here. 

Regtechs, fintechs and datasharing

EU Data Staring, here. 

EU rights and data protection bodies: new technology and data protection have to go hand in hand

Joint FRA & EDPS statement, here. 

Interview with Olivier Guersent, Director General, Directorate General for Competition, European Commissio

The Antitrust Source, here. 

Cape Town company agrees to pay R600,000 for over-charging for sanitisers

Times Live, here. 

Empowering the consumer for the green transition

EC, IIA, here. 

EU PROPOSALS FOR NEW POWERS TO ADDRESS FOREIGN SUBSIDIES

Clifford Chance, here. 

The Google/Fitbit merger - NOT ON OUR WATCH!

Privacy International, here. 

Facebook’s Libra 2.0: Why you might like it even if we can’t trust Facebook

Brookings, here. 

Market studies by CCI: Towards healthy competition

Financial Express, here. 

New protections for UK businesses key to national security and fight against coronavirus

CMA, here. 

Digital Services Act: Opportunities and Challengesfor the Digital Single Market and Consumer Protection

EU Parliament, here. 

Does The Relaunch Of Google Meet Breach Antitrust Law?

Forbes, here.