Saturday, April 14, 2018

The way global central banks work is about to fundamentally change — and technology is to blame

BusinessInsider, here.

Request for information regarding facial recognition on Facebook

WP29, here.

Cannibalisation effects, you said?

Picasso, La mujer que llora
#chillincompetitionfineart

Ernst Hafen: Our personal data should only be under our own control

CNN, here.

Facebook Uses Artificial Intelligence to Predict Your Future Actions for Advertisers, Says Confidential Document

The Intercept, here.

Why undertakers are worried

The Economist, here.

Is Tricking A Robot Hacking?

R. Calo, I. Evtimov, E. Fernandes, T. Kohno, D. O’Hair, here.

Privacy Under the Hood: Towards an International Data Privacy Framework for Autonomous Vehicles*

C. Colbert, here.

Remedies for Robots

M. Lemley, B. Casey, here.

Friday, April 13, 2018

Innovation in EU Merger Control

C. Esteva Mosso, here.

Google loses landmark 'right to be forgotten' case

The Guardian, here.

Death By a Thousand Papercuts: How Streaming Services Protect Themselves From Lawsuits by Burying the Copyright Office in Paperwork

Billboard, here.

No, end-to-end encryption does not prevent Facebook from accessing WhatsApp chats

G. Zanon, here

DIGITAL PLATFORMS AND CONCENTRATION

Stigler Center, 2018 Antitrust and Competition Conference, 19-20 April, here and livestreamed here.

The 2017 Conference has been great fun, highly recommended!

Starting at 3.30 pm TrentoTime.

La nueva economía

CNMC Blog, aquì

How CCI should look at M&A deals in digital economy

LiveMint, here

Should Privacy Law Regulate Technological Design? An Interview with Woodrow Hartzog

LinkedIn, here

Processing Personal Data on the Basis of Legitimate Interests under the GDPR

Future of Privacy Forum, here. 

LA DONNÉE COMME INFRASTRUCTURE ESSENTIELLE

Administrateur général des données, ici

What Makes Tech Platforms So Powerful?

L. Khan, here

UK advertising in a digital age

House of Lords, here

Irish High Court to send off Facebook & US surveillance case to CJEU

M. Schrems, here

Understanding the Economics of AI

A. Goldfarb, here

There is no AI ethics: The human origins of machine prejudice

J. Bryson, here

"Fuchsia ist kein Linux": Google dokumentiert Android-Nachfolger

Heise.de, hier

Neutrality, fairness or freedom? Principles for platform regulation

F. Bostoen, here

European Commission acts to ban unfair trade practices in the food supply chain

EC, here

Viktor Mayer-Schönberger: "Wow! Totale Informationskontrolle!"

Profil.at, hier

Henrik Kristoffersen v. The Norwegian Ski Federation

EFTA Court, Report of the Hearing here

Streit über "Persönlichkeitsstatus" von Robotern kocht hoch

Heise.de, hier.

‘We’ll get back to you’: six questions Mark Zuckerberg dodged

FT, here. See also the comprehensive list of questions-to-be-followed-up here

Was bringt die Datenschutz- Grundverordnung für automatisierte Entscheidungssysteme?

S. Dreyer, W. Schulz, hier

When science fiction inspires real technology

Technology Review, here

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

And @wavesblog antitrust writing award 2018 goes to...



Image result for oscar

(Hopefully, the bottle will be delivered at the next Ascola Conference - NYU 2018)

Rethinking competition in the Digital Economy

Cofece, here.

EU approves changes to Bayer commitments over Monsanto deal

Reuters, here.

Competition policy in a globalized and digitalized world. Challenges of today and tomorrow

Bundeskartellamt, Podiumsdiskussion, Video here

Wettbewerb, Verbraucher, Arbeitsplätze – wen oder was schützen Wettbewerbsbehörden?

Bundeskartellamt, Interview Video hier

GDPR's right of access

Babbage, here (from 00:48).

Ontwikkelingen digitale revolutie zowel kans als risico

ACM, hier

Kartellamt befragt Hotels zu Booking.com

AHGZ, hier

Deux députés relancent la possibilité de proposer des alternatives à Google dans les smartphones

Numerama.com, ici

The Lundbeck Case and the Concept of Potential Competition

S. Marco Colino, N. Dunne, K. Fournier, S. Pais, D. Ritzmann, here

Commission confirms unannounced inspections concerning distribution of sports media rights and other related rights

EC, here.
Murdoch's Fox, and who else? VodafoneZiggo is another investigated company.

2033: How Mark Zuckerberg Fixed Facebook

Politico.com, here

The Long Run: Maximizing Innovation Incentives Through Advocacy and Enforcement

M. Delrahim, here

Facebook's China Argument Revealed in Zuckerberg's Hearing Notes

Bloomberg, here

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Google appeals Indian antitrust watchdog's 'search bias' verdict: sources

Reuters, here. Ruling here.
See also this comment.

Artificial Intelligence, Economics, and Industrial Organization

H. Varian, here

Summary report of the consultation on the review of the directive on the re-use of public sector information

EC, here

Creation without consequence: How Silicon Valley made a hot mess of progress

J. Bryson, here

FROM METRO TO COTY: A STORY TO BE CONTINUED? THE CJEU'S JUDGMENT IN COTY GERMANY GMBH V PARFÜMERIE AKZENTE GMBH

Baker McKenzie, here

THE TAR LAZIO’S JUDGEMENT IN THE ITALIAN ASPEN CASE ON THE IMPOSITION OF UNFAIR PRICES UNDER ART. 102(A) TFEU

M. Angeli, here

EU Member States to cooperate on European strategy for Artificial Intelligence

EC, here. Declaration here

What 40 Years of Research Reveals About the Difference Between Disruptive and Radical Innovation

HBR, here

Paul-Olivier Dehaye and the Raiders of the Lost Data

Law.kuleuven.be, here

ALGORITHMIC IMPACT ASSESSMENTS: A PRACTICAL FRAMEWORK FOR PUBLIC AGENCY ACCOUNTABILITY

AI Now, here

Singapore: Competition watchdog to study online travel booking sector, data portability issues

Today Online, here

Amerika erlaubt größte deutsche Auslandsübernahme

FAZ, hier

Blockchain to enable medical data to be stored and transmitted safely and effectively

EC, here. here.

What Should Congress Ask Zuckerberg? Nothing.

NyTimes, here

A Member State is not required to extend a prohibition on the extradition of its own nationals to the United States to every EU citizen travelling in its territory

Judgment in Case C-191/16 Romano Pisciotti v Bundesrepublik Deutschland, here

The UberPop service does not constitute an information society service

Judgment in Case C-320/16, here

Monday, April 09, 2018

Uber seeks Dutch payments licence in drive to diversify

Sky News, here

Using Digital Platforms and Artificial Intelligence to Outpace Rivals

Oracle, here

Joint Submission to Treasury on the Open Banking Review Final Report

K. Kemp, D. Vaile, here

New ways to trade data

The Economist, here

Big Data aus wettbewerbs- und ordnungspolitischer Perspektive

J. Haucap, hier

Here Are All the Reasons It’s a Bad Idea to Let a Few Tech Companies Monopolize Our Data

M. Stucke, here

Software Interface Copyright

Harvard J of L&T, Special Issue, here

Hey, Alexa, What Can You Hear? And What Will You Do With It?

NYTimes, here

A German Approach to Antitrust for Digital Platforms

J. Haucap, here.

The Uber-Grab merger and the potentially anti-competitive consequences of the battle for ride-hailing dominance

CoRe Blog, here

On Uber Selling Southeast Asia Business to Grab

B. Edelman, here

eDistortions: How Data-opolies Are Dissipating the Internet’s Potential

A. Ezrachi, M. Stucke, here

Vertical restraints, digital marketplaces, and enforcement tools

J. Laitenberger, here

Apple Just Poached Google's AI Chief. Now Maybe Siri Will Get Smarter

Fortune, here

Synchronised swimming versus competition in banking

ACCC, here

FB drama hits open banking

InnovationAus, here

Technology & Competition law: A conversation with Stephen King

Audio here.

Facebook, Cambridge Analytica, and the Regulator’s Dilemma: Clueless or Venal?

D. Vladeck, here

Rethinking Antitrust Tools for Multi-Sided Platforms

OECD, here

Tech Giants Breakup

N. Petit, Video here

Online platforms and abuse of dominance – the case of Funda Real Estate

D. Mandrescu, here

Trade Associations, Information Exchange, and Cartels

Spencer Weber Waller, here

Data Lords: The Real Story of Big Data, Facebook and the Future of News

TPM, here

Procedimento istruttorio nei confronti di Facebook Inc. per presunte pratiche commerciali scorrette

AGCM, qui.

Following Singapore, Philippines regulator forces Grab to delay closing Uber’s app

TechCrunch, here