Monday, March 20, 2017

Case M.8323 - AT&T / TIME WARNER

EC, here.

“There Is Convincing Evidence That Concentration Has Been Rising”

Interview with J. Kwoka, here

Weißbuch Digitale Plattformen

BMWi, hier

Conference: Vestager, Posner, and Top Scholars Ask If There Is a Concentration Problem in America

ProMarket.org, here

Volvo autonomous cars ‘won’t make moral decisions’ for occupants

Caradvice.com.au, here

Merkel fordert einheitliche Regelung bei Eigentum an digitalen Daten

Heise.de, hier

Google ad controversy: what the row is all about

TheGuardian, here.

CMA launches campaign to crack down on cartels

Here

Thursday, March 16, 2017

Surveillance capitalism's companies disappointed by EU laws meant to protect people

Fortune, here

7 Reasons Why Europe's Antitrust Cases Against Google Are A Big Deal

Forbes, here

The Dystopian Future of Price Discrimination

C. O'Neil, here

Google DeepMind and healthcare in an age of algorithms

  • H. Hodson, J. Powles, here

New Study Is Scathing Of DeepMind’s Use Of Patient Data

HuffingtonPost, here

Algorithms and competition

M. Vestager, here.


Large friendly letters?
"It's true that the idea of automated systems getting together and reaching a meeting of minds is still science fiction (emphasis added)". This excruciatingly reminds me that it has been rather long since I've been back from a refreshing break and that I've still a couple of posts pending...

EC introduces new anonymous whistleblower tool

Press Release, here.

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

International Competition Policy Expert Group: Report and Recommendations

Here

Personalisierte Medizin und Datenschutz

V. Kull, hier

Streit um Bierpreis-Obergrenze für die Wiesn eskaliert

FAZ, hier

Russia finds Apple guilty of iPhone price-fixing, potentially facing fines

9to5mac, here

For a Facts-Based Analysis of Uber's Activities in the EU: Addressing Some Misconceptions

D. Geradin, here

The Implications of Brexit for Uk Competition Law: Practical Issues and Priorities

The City of London Law Society, here

Advertisers look forward to buying your Web browsing history from ISPs

ArsTechnica, here

EDPS sees opportunity for stronger consumer and data protection

Press Release, here.
Opinion here

Friday, March 10, 2017

Will We Need A Chief Innovation Officer If We Have AI?

InnovationEnterprise, here

The Taking Economy: Uber, Information, and Power

R. Calo, A. Rosenblat, here

GOP senators’ new bill would let ISPs sell your Web browsing data

ArsTechnica, here

Kommentar: Wenn die Künstlichen Intelligenzen Einstein und Watson sich paaren, finden User sich in einem Alptraum wieder

Heise, hier

DeepMind says no quick fix for verifying health data access

TechCrunch, here

OLG München zu Werbeblockern: Gute Zeichen für Adblock Plus

Heise, hier

Why the Trump administration hates multilateral trade agreements the most

WashingtonPost, here

Stephen Hawking: We need a 'world government' to stop the rise of dangerous artificial intelligence

BusinessInsider, here

Segnalazione in merito alla riforma del settore della mobilità non di linea

AGCM, here

Acquisition of Canexus by Chemtrade will not be challenged

Competition Bureau Canada, here

Thursday, March 09, 2017

Framing the Issues: AI and Consumer Protection

D. Mulligan, here (heavy pptx) and here (pdf). 

ShyBot, le robot qui fuit tous les êtres humains

Numérama, ici

Bundestag stimmt über Änderungen im Wettbewerbsrecht ab

Deutscher Bundestag, hier.
S. auch Entschließungsantrag der Grünen, hier

Does Regulation Build Trust or Entrench Cliques? Lessons From Merchant Guilds and the Taxi Industry

ProMarket, here

CJEU: no right to be forgotten in respect of personal data in the companies register

Judgment in Case C-398/15, Press Release here

When Algorithms Don’t Account for Civil Rights

TheAtlantic, here

Merger control and innovation: are emerging concerns justified?

Chillingcompetition, here

Tuesday, March 07, 2017

Bigger Data Isn’t Always Better Data

C. O'Neil, here.

Was die neuen Regeln im Zahlungsverkehr für Verbraucher bedeuten

FAZ, hier

What has competition ever done for us?

M. Grenfell, here

The big data revolution: embrace it but proceed with caution

A. Holt, here

IBM, Salesforce Strike Global Partnership on Cloud, AI

Fortune, here

Age of Algorithms: Data, Democracy and the News

Kavli Conversation, Video here (from 07:12).

('Outrage is the new porn'; 'everyone wants to hand off the responsability for extremely difficult decisions'; apps disentangling algorithms as transparency).


Announcing A New Open-Source Privacy Standard For The Internet Of Things

Consumerist, here

Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook, Microsoft: Market concentration - competition - innovation strategies

U. Dolata, here

L’économie fantôme de l’opéra

F. Lévêque, ici

Good things come to those who wait? – The German Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy submits a draft bill for a so-called “register of competition”

Blomstein, here

Retractable Technologies, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson and Co.

ScotusBlog, here

Facebook suspends location-sharing feature after Italian copyright suit

Reuters, here

The Antitrust Jurisprudence of Neil Gorsuch

J. Newman, here

Competing with Big Data

J. Prüfer, C. Schottmuller, here

Monday, March 06, 2017

The Myth of Data Monopoly: Why Antitrust Concerns About Data Are Overblown

ITIF, here

Watchdog to launch inquiry into misuse of data in politics

TheGuardian, here

Les actions privées en réparation du dommage concurrentiel

Entretien avec Irène Luc, ici

The FCC Helped Make the Internet Great: Now, It’s Walking Away

K. Werbach, here

From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds

D. Dennett, Video here

‘Artificial Intelligence’ Has Become Meaningless

The Atlantic, here

Bierpreisdeckel für Münchner Wiesn rechtlich zulässig

BR.de, hier

EU's Margrethe Vestager on Facebook Probe, Google Cases

Bloomberg, Video here

Droit à la désindexation : le Conseil d’Etat s’en remet à la CJUE

Legalis, ici

Daten als neue Währung?

H. Schweitzer, hier