Building a cathedral: digital markets, economics-based enforcement and commitment to sound procedures

M. Delrahim, here.

HOW EUROPE'S GDPR REGULATIONS BECAME A MEME

Wired, here.

Google employees are being targeted with this ad urging them to consider their role in making search rankings more fair

Recode.net, here.

More effective than competition enforcement?

How Can Humans Keep the Upper Hand? The ethical matters raised by algorithms and artificial intelligence

CNIL, here. 

Antitrust Enforcement Against Platform MFNs

J. Baker, F. Scott Morton, here.

Multisided Platforms and Antitrust Enforcement

M. Katz and J. Sallet, here. 

Beyond Brooke Group: Bringing Reality to the Law of Predatory Pricing

C. Hemphill and P. Weiser, here. 

Invigorating Vertical Merger Enforcement

S. Salop, here. 

AI IN FINANCIAL SERVICES: NEXT STEPS TO REALISING THE POTENTIAL

FinExtra, here. 

#GDPRDay

HT to @GMamdani

Insurance 2030—The impact of AI on the future of insurance

McKinsey, here. 

DSGVO-Beschwerden gegen Android, Instagram, Whatsapp und Facebook: Max Schrems legt los

Heise.de, hier. See also here.

Amazon confirms that Echo device secretly shared user’s private audio

ArsTechnica, here.

Dutch lender ABN Amro’s website slowed by cyber attack

FT, here. 

Making Sense of the Intricacies of Online Advertising Market: The French Autorité de la concurrence ’s Take

I. de Silva, here. 

Amazon’s Finance Ambitions Are Drawing Attention From the Fed

Bloomberg, here. 

Zuckerberg set up fraudulent scheme to 'weaponise' data, court case alleges

The Guardian, here.

Cryptocurrencies: Commodity Dynamics and Cartelization

P. Heilberg, here.

U.S. Launches Criminal Probe into Bitcoin Price Manipulation

Reuters, here.

Russia’s Gazprom dodges fine in EU antitrust settlement

FT, here.

Commission imposes binding obligations on Gazprom to enable free flow of gas at competitive prices in Central and Eastern European gas markets

EC, Press Release here. 

Are all these GDPR-consent emails even necessary?

iapp. here. 

Whatsapp gibt Nutzerdaten an Facebook weiter

SZ.de, hier. S. auch hier.

Privacy and Freedom of Expression In the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Article 19 and Privacy International, here. 

The International Impact of the General Data Protection Regulation

I. Rubinstein, B. Petkova, here. 

Legal and regulatory issues businesses should be thinking about now when it comes to AI.

Hogan Lovells, here. 

GOOGLE’S SELFISH LEDGER IS AN UNSETTLING VISION OF SILICON VALLEY SOCIAL ENGINEERING

The Verge, here. 

Big Brother Goes Digital

NYBooks, here. 

Sustainable Financial Services in the Digital Age

UK Finance, here. 

Online platforms and exclusionary abuses – Unlockd vs. Google- a seminal case in the making?

Coreblog, here. 

The need for a new personal data infrastructure

Mydex, here.

Google says India anti-trust ruling could cause 'irreparable" harm': document

Reuters, here. 

Antitrust nearly slew Microsoft. Can it adapt to tech giants like Facebook?

San Francisco Chronicle, here. 

Tech Platforms and the Knowledge Problem

F. Pasquale, here. 

Diskussionen zwischen KI-Systemen sollen Entscheidungen nachvollziehbar machen

Heise.de, hier. 

Brokers, dealers and the regulation of markets: Applying finreg to the giant tech platforms

Synthetic Assets, here. 

‘60 Minutes’ Report Targets on Google Antitrust Risks

Bloomberg, here. 

‘Crush Them’: An Oral History of the Lawsuit That Upended Silicon Valley

The Ringer, here.

BIG DATA IM BEREICH HEIM UND FREIZEIT

ABIDA, hier. 

Deutsche vertrauen Algorithmen nicht

Zeit.de, hier. 

Activists turn tables on companies as EU privacy law comes in

Reuters, here. 

All Roads Lead to Rome: Enforcing the Consumer Welfare Standard in Digital Media Markets

M. Delrahim, here. 

Is Blockchain Hype, Revolutionary, or Both? What We Need to Know

S. Oh, S. Wallsten. here. 

Platforms and Infrastructures in the Digital Age

P. Constantinides, O. Henfridsson, G. Parker, here. 

Superintendência-Geral recomenda arquivamento de dois processos contra o Google

CADE, aqui (nota técnica aqui.)

Is human society prepared for the rise of artificial intelligence?

H. Kissinger, here.

Open Letter in Support of Google Employees and Tech Workers

ICRAC, here. 

Why Blockchain is Hard

J. Song, here. 

Algorithms have become so powerful we need a robust, Europe-wide response

M. Schaake, here. 

Welche Lösungen es jetzt braucht, damit algorithmische Prozesse den Menschen dienen

Algorithmenethik.de, hier. 

Ein Vergleich der Tech-Giganten Chinas

Paymentandbanking, hier. 

Le grand débat de la donnée

Replay ici. 

Google Employees Resign in Protest Against Pentagon Contract

Gizmodo, here. 

The Curse of Bigness Revisited

T. Wu, Video here. 

U.S. vs. Microsoft: 20 Years Later, Lessons Learned and the Path Ahead

Yelp Video, here.

Highest exposure to antitrust enforcement (Panel 1)?
G x x x x
Apple
F x
Amazon x x x

(Gary Reback getting more depressed after each panel).

BLUMENTHAL & MARKEY CALL FOR INVESTIGATION INTO GOOGLE’S COVERT LOCATION TRACKING

Markey.senate.gov, here. 

Corralling the Info-Monopolists

Project Syndicate, here. 

New Commissioner Says FTC Should Get Tough on Companies Like Facebook and Google

ProPublica, here.

Algorithmic Accountability

ABIDA, hier. 

The GDPR was never going to change behaviour overnight

G. Buttarelli, here. 

Australian regulator investigates Google data harvesting from Android phones

The Guardian, here.
No Oracle's submission to be found here.
I think Gary Reback mentioned that "they" tried to bring data protection into the EU Android investigation but didn't succeed in convincing the EC (check here si jamais).

Google's plans to use AI to help the blind

CNN, here. 

Morgan Stanley to Follow Goldman in Bet on Brazilian Fintech

Bloomberg, here.
"Lively" competition enforcement factored in by investors, or competition authorities getting active because of the economic relevance of the sector?

GDPR will pop the adtech bubble

D. Searls, here.

Asus to pay 65m euro settlement for price manipulation

Asia Nikkei, here. Case here. 

Guidance on Transaction Value Thresholds for Mandatory Pre-merger Notification

Bundeskartellamt, here. Draft for public consultation.

Why so much debate about personal data misses the point

Mydex, here. 

Facebook Plans to Create Its Own Cryptocurrency

Cheddar, here. 

'Big Brother' AIB now spying on customers' social media accounts

Irish Independent, here. 

Quel menu pour nourrir l’intelligence artificielle? Pouvez-vous passer la carte?

A. Strowel, ici. 

Artificial Intelligence for the American People

The White House, here. See also here.

Google now says controversial AI voice calling system will identify itself to humans

The Verge, here.

ICOs are Cancer

M. Flaxman, here.

Some Android features not coming to Samsung

Economic Times, here.

Unlockd wins first battle of Google legal war for survival

AFR, here.

Unfolding the New-Born Right to Data Portability: Four Gateways to Data Subject Control

H. Uršič, here.

I am a data factory (and so are you)

Rough Type, here.

Three Fintechs leading Open banking initiatives in the UK

DailyFintech, here.

White House Assures Google, Goldman AI Won't Get Heavy Hand

Bloomberg, here.

CCI brings algorithms used to price air tickets under the scanner

Business Standard, here.

EPIC Seeks Records from FTC Regarding Irish Audits of Facebook

EPIC, here..

DOJ’s Brief in Apple V. Robert Pepper

Here.

A capability-based model to explain the (r)evolution of the banking industry

BIAN, here. 

Examining the Bulgarian Presidency’s latest draft of the ePrivacy Regulation

M. Fazlioglu, here. 

Google grapples with ‘horrifying’ reaction to uncanny AI tech

Bloomberg, here. 

Beaches and Bitcoin

H. Peirce, here. 

GDPR, Data Portability and Data About Multiple People

IF and ODI, here. 

La donnée est-elle le nouveau pétrole ou un nouvel environnement ?

J. Krewer, ici. 

Monzo, the U.K. challenger bank, now lets you pay ‘Nearby Friends’

TechCrunch, here. 

The Public Interest Standard and the Dangers of Discrimination

R. Alford, here. 

Intentando blindar el sector del taxi frente a la competencia, los tribunales y el interés público

Hay derecho, Aquì

Google Maps API pricing got you down? See these best alternatives

Geo awesomeness, here

Service Workers Forced to Act Like Robots Meet Their Match

The Atlantic, here. And don’t miss the conversations, truly jawdropping. Getting rid of this further pain point will likely increase Google’s power of “recommendation”. 

AI Isn’t a Crystal Ball, But It Might Be a Mirror

J. Ito, here.

Europa lädt das Update hoch

Die Zeit, hier. 🐌

Ticketmaster could replace tickets with facial recognition

The Verge, here.

ETH-Professor zu umstrittenen Belohn-Apps von Krankenkassen: «Mir sind sie zu intransparent»

AZ, hier.

Uber/Grab merger: Appointment of monitoring trustee to monitor compliance with CCCS’s Interim Measures Directions

CCCS, here. 

Uber’s self-driving car saw the pedestrian but didn’t swerve – report

The Guardian here. 

What is edge computing?

TheVerge, here. 🐌