Google, democracy and the truth about internet search

TheGuardian, here. 

Flywheel Taxi sues Uber for antitrust violations

SFGate, here. 

Human rights and encryption

UNESCO, here. 

La Economìa de los Datos. Retos para la competencia

Autoritat Catalana de la Competència, aquì.

The taxi unicorn’s new clothes

FT, here. 

Position Paper on the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court

Digitalsme, here. 

Interfaces on demand: the new services inside chatbots, voice computing, and mixed reality

VentureBeat, here. 

Uber Now Tracks Passengers' Locations Even After They're Dropped Off

NPR, here. 

Facebook’s advice to students interested in artificial intelligence

TechCrunch, here. 

Transformation of the Recorded Music Industry to the Digital Age: A Review of Technology-Driven Changes in the EU Copyright Framework Focusing on Their Effect on Digital Music Markets

P. Günther, here. 

Data populists must seize our information – for the benefit of us all

E. Morozov, here. 

The Innovation Illusion: How So Little Is Created by So Many Working So Hard

F. Erixon, B. Weigel, here. 

The Opening of the Door: Is Excessive Pricing Control under Article 102 TFEU coming back into vogue?

T. Soames, here. 

Intellectual Property and Standard Setting

K. Wong-Ervin, J. Wright, here. 

Competition Policy and Regulatory Reforms for Big Data: Propositions To Harness The Power of Big Data While Curbing Platforms’ Abuse Of Dominance

A. Gawer, here. 

AIPPI Congress Report 5: Antitrust and Pharma - seeking a balance

IPKat, here.

ACCC proposes to deny authorisation for banks to collectively bargain with and boycott Apple on Apple Pay

ACCC, here.

How to regulate Internet giants

ARCEP, here. 

OECD Hearing on Big Data

BIAC, Note here. 

Eine „Charta der Digitalen Grundrechte der EU“

FAZ, hier. 

Geo-blocking: removing barriers to e-commerce

Competitiveness Council, Background Note, here. 

Wir Individualisten: Datenschutz als Egotrip

N. Härting, hier. 

The Advocate General's Opinion in Intel v Commission: Eight Points of Common Sense for Consideration by the CJEU

N. Petit, here. 

Blockchain: competition issues in nascent markets

Nortonrosefulbright.com, here (p. 23 ff.)

What are the competition implications of “digital disruption”?

Nortonrosefulbright.com, here (p.17 ff.)

Online retailers should tread carefully after Trod

Nortonrosefulbright.com, here (p.10 ff.)

Xiaomi says shrinking smartphone sales won't hit the company

Reuters, here. 

A Proposal to Limit the Anti-Competitive Power of Institutional Investors

E. Posner, F.Scott Morton, E. Glen Weyl, here. 

Barcelona hits Airbnb with a hefty fine

TheEconomist, here.

Economists are prone to fads, and the latest is machine learning

TheEconomist, here.

Skyscanner sells to Ctrip for $1.75 billion

Tnooz, here. 

Monsanto Sued Over Alleged CEO, Board Bayer Merger Conflicts

Bloomberg, here. 

The Interesting Case of the Vertical Merger

J. Sallet, here. 

Lutte contre les cartels et comportement des managers

E. Combe, ici, 

“I want my update!”

Consumentenbond, here. 

Competition in the GCC SME Lending Markets: An Initial Assessment

World Bank, here. 

Russia losing patience with Google over non-compliance with antitrust ruling

RT, here. 

Response to the Preliminary Report on the E-commerce Sector Inquiry

CMA, here. 

9. GWB-Novelle und Digitalisierung: Innovative oder innovationshemmende Gesetzgebung?

P. Pohlmann, hier. 

The challenges of measuring GDP in the digital, borderless world

D. Coyle, here. 

Facebook, Google and now Verizon are accelerating their tracking efforts despite consumers’ privacy concerns

Recode, here. 

Going with the flow: The global battle for your personal data

ArsTechnica, here. 

“The Big Data rich and the Big Data poor”: the new digital divide raises questions about future academic research

K. Metzler, here. 

Hub-Konferenz des Bitkom: Die "New new Economy" boomt

Heise.de, hier. 

Samsung receives antimonopoly watchdog's query on price coordination, prepares response

Tass, here. 

Neutrality in Distribution

B. Batchelor, Presentation here. 

Retailers look to artificial intelligence to bag sales

FT, here.

Uber: No, We’re Not Going To Sell User Information

Consumerist, here. 

Microsoft offers EU hardware, software LinkedIn concessions: sources

Reuters, here.

(See also here).

Schumpeter über Ökonomik und Ökonomen

FAZ, hier. 

Fears raised over Google company’s deal to use NHS medical data

FT, here.

Kartellamt soll Internetnutzer besser schützen

Morgenpost.de, hier. 

Otto verwirrt mit persönlicher Hotline-Ansprache

Golem.de, hier. 

Un label pour le matériel libre !

Pingbase, ici. 

Google, Facebook, and Microsoft Are Remaking Themselves Around AI

Wired, here. 

The ethics of big data as a public good: which public? Whose good?

L. Taylor, here. 

Accordo fra Amazon ed Fca: Fiat Panda e 500 «acquistabili» con un click

IlSole24Ore, qui.

Protecting consumers from exploitation

M. Vestager, here. Video here. 

Consultation publique sur le Règlement européen sur la protection des données: Synthèse des contributions

CNIL, ici. 

The EU’s Android Antitrust Complaints Are Contrived

Wired, here. 

Smartphones als Lernmittel

Heise.de, hier. 

Die Verbraucherschutzbehörde fürs Internet kommt

FAZ, hier.. 

One Hundred Year Study on Artificial Intelligence

AI100Stanford, here.

We are on the verge of a consumer M&A avalanche

TechCrunch, here.

Once again, Siri helps attackers bypass your iPhone’s passcode

Hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com, here. 

Facebook halts WhatsApp data sharing across Europe over privacy concerns

ArsTechnica, here. 

How to fight weapons of math destruction

EDRi, here. 

Le numérique sous l'angle du droit de la concurrence

I. De Silva, Vidéo ici.

(Assez bizarre...Complètement ignorées les décisions allemandes en matière de rate parity - parité tarifaire).

The “Sharing” Economy: Issues Facing Platforms, Participants & Regulators

FTC, here. 

Budget US Android smartphones found secretly sending personal data to China

TechCrunch, here. 

Microsoft offers concessions to EU regulators eyeing its $26.2BN LinkedIn bid

TechCrunch, here.

La CJUE décapite ReLire, le régime français des livres indisponibles

NextImpact, ici, 

Salesforce CEO says companies buy each other for the data, and the government isn’t doing anything about it

Recode, here. 

The ethics of data and of data science: an economist’s perspective

J. Cave, here. 

Ce n’est pas une blague : Microsoft vient de rejoindre la Linux Foundation

Numerama, ici. 

Facebook says it miscalculated more metrics, but it’s telling advertisers not to worry

Recode.net, here.

These Professors Make More Than a Thousand Bucks an Hour Peddling Mega-Mergers

ProPublica, here. 

Amazon Files Lawsuits to Keep Counterfeit Goods Off Website

Bloomberg, here. 

Auditing for Transparency in Content Personalization Systems

B. Mittelstadt, here. 

Google and Facebook's "fake news" ban is a welcome nail in the coffin of "software objectivity"

BoingBoing, here. 

Mark Zuckerberg Is in Denial

NYTimes, here. 

Antitrust in the digital age

M. Grenfell, here. 

(Most competition authorities waiting for Coty?) 

Notice on certain articles of Directive 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions

EC, here. 

Europe’s new privacy regime will disrupt the adtech Lumascape

Pagefair, here.

The Ripple Effects of Online Marketplace Bans

A. Ezrachi, here (research supported by the Computer and Communications Industry Association - CCIA).

I Think, Therefore I Invent: Creative Computers and the Future of Patent Law

R. Abbott, here. 

AI at Facebook

A. Bordes, Video here. 

The Trick Data Scientists Use To Know You’re Paying Attention To Beyoncé

FastCompany, here. 

Bundling

H. Singer, Presentation here. 

Privacy is an essentially contested concept: a multi-dimensional analytic for mapping privacy

D. Mulligan, C. Koopman, N. Doty, here. 

Les applications de messagerie sortent leurs « bots » pour séduire les marques

LesEchos, ici. 

Clicks and mortarboards: how can higher education make the most of digital technology?

Nesta, here. 

Google, Facebook Move to Punish Fake News Sites With Ad Rules

Bloomberg, here. 

‘I’m sorry, my friend, but you’re implicit in the algorithm…’ Privacy and internal access to #BigDataStream

An interview with Giovanni Buttarelli, European Data Protection Supervisor, here. 

Artificial Intelligence and Ethics – Who does the thinking?

IEEE AI & Ethics Summit 2016, here. 

Die Union will der Ministererlaubnis Zügel anlegen

FAZ, hier.

Man hacks Alexa into singing fish robot, terror ensues

TheVerge, here.

Work done: “Microsoft” rushed to the disadvantage of others

FAS, here.

Can Google Make Its Mark on the Cloud?

Bloomberg, here.

While Amazon Alexa quickly becomes part of the family, Google Home is like a stranger who knows too much about you

Recode, here.