Monday, June 04, 2018

A Letter to the FTC re Google

K. Ellison, here

Entry, Innovation and Productivity Growth in the U.S. Economy: Facts and Open Questions (i.e., Puzzles)

J. Haltiwanger, Presentation here

GitHub users are already fuming about the company’s sale to Microsoft for $7.5bn

Quartz, here.
Heise.de, hier: "Mal losgelöst von steuerlichen Erwägungen, die aus Microsoft-Sicht für die Akquisition sprechen, mag es für die Redmonder wohl auch darum gehen, die riesige Zahl der registrierten GitHub-Anwender – die Rede ist von 27 Millionen – zu den eigenen Angeboten insbesondere im Azure-Umfeld zu locken. Wie verheißend mag für Microsoft ein direkt aus GitHub nach Azure führender Deploy-Button sein!"

(Follow the data?)

Amazon and PayPal more trusted amongst younger generation than banks to hold their personal data

RFi Group, here

The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: An Agenda

NBER, Conference Papers here

Taking control of personal data is about your rights, not owning it

J. Tennison, here

A Study of NASA Scientists Shows How to Overcome Barriers to Open Innovation

HBR, here

Could the Steward Health v. BCBS Trial Revitalize Monopolization Law?

C. Sagers, here

So you think Alipay is just for the Chinese?

The Finanser, here

La rivoluzione copernicana del 25 maggio 2018 in materia di privacy

G. Buttarelli, here

U.S. Antitrust Law Could Break OPEC's Collusion On Oil Production Deals

Seeking Alpha, here

Evident Internet Market Failure To Protect Consumer Welfare

S. Cleland, here

Digital Capitalism’s War on Leisure

Democracy Journal, here

N26 will im Herbst in Amerika starten

FAZ, hier

Facebook Gave Device Makers Deep Access to Data on Users and Friends

NYTimes, here

Erste Bank will Google Pay anbieten

Die Zeit, hier

Thursday, May 31, 2018

Unternehmensberatung soll Renault und Peugeot bei Preisabsprachen geholfen haben

Spiegel.de, hier

An American Alternative to Europe’s Privacy Law

T. Wu, here.

Privacy by Design

EDPS, Opinion here.

Antitrust via Rulemaking: Competition Catalysts

T. Wu, here.

Consumer Costs of Anticompetitive Regulations

Open Markets Institute, Comments here.

Vestager: “Tiene sentido que las empresas paguen a los usuarios por sus datos”

ElPais, aquì.

A framework for the moderation of user-generated online content that puts human rights at the very centre

Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, here

Susan Athey: Why Business Leaders Shouldn’t Have Blind Faith in AI

Gsb.stanford.edu, here

Europe’s bank bosses stress need for consolidation

FT, here

Los bancos europeos piden poner coto a las tecnológicas

Expansion, aquì.

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

On First Day of GDPR, Ad Industry's Fears About Google Come True

Bloomberg, here

Cyber crooks claim to hit two big Canadian banks

Reuters, here

Justice department approves Bayer-Monsanto merger in landmark settlement

Washington Post, here. DoJ here

BancoEstado reabre cuenta a plataforma de criptomonedas

LaTercera, aquì. Background here.
TDCL: Demanda aquì; Resolución, aquí

Die Buchpreisbindung in einem sich ändernden Marktumfeld

Monopolkommission, hier. S. auch hier

From Open Banking to Open Everything

J. Fingleton, here

Microsoft is creating an oracle for catching biased AI algorithms

MIT Technology Review, here

DATENRECHTE – EINE RECHTS - UND SOZIALWISSENSCHA FTLICHE ANALYSE IM VERGLEICH DEUTSCHLAND - USA

L. Specht, W. Kerber, hier

ICANN goes to Court

Hier

Legal Engineering on the Blockchain: 'Smart Contracts' as Legal Conduct

J. Goldenfein, A. Leiter, here

Angela Merkel fordert Besteuerung von Daten

Zeit.de, hier

Why China’s Payment Apps Give U.S. Bankers Nightmares

Bloomberg, here

Friday, May 25, 2018

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.

Thursday, May 24, 2018

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