Subscribe to my newsletter, The Wavelength, if you want the content on my blog delivered to your inbox four times a week. The Wavelength will transition to a subscription product early in 2022. Posts on this site will continue in a fashion. Details to come. Other Developments A United States (U.S.) court issued a permanent … Continue reading Other Developments, Further Reading, and Coming Events (15 September 2021)
Subscribe to my newsletter, The Wavelength, if you want updates on global technology developments four times a week. Other Developments House Judiciary Committee Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law Subcommittee Chair David Cicilline (D-RI) and Ranking Member Ken Buck (R-CO) released five antitrust and competition bills as a result of the subcommittee’s investigation of competition in … Continue reading Other Developments, Further Reading, and Coming Events (22 June 2021)
Subscribe to my newsletter, The Wavelength, if you want updates on global technology developments four times a week. Other Developments Photo by Claudio Schwarz | @purzlbaum on Unsplash Germany’s competition regulator, the Bundeskartellamt, has opened proceedings against Amazon based on powers granted to the agency in a January 2021 law. The Bundeskartellamt explained it “initiated … Continue reading Other Developments, Further Reading, and Coming Events (25 May 2021)
EDPS suggests changes to Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act, the EU’s legislation to remake how the bloc regulates large technology firms. European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) Wojciech Wiewiorówski has issued his opinions on two of the centerpieces for the European Commission’s (EC) digital strategy: the Digital Services Act and a Digital Markets Act. … Continue reading EDPS Renders Opinions on EC Legislation
The EU releases its proposals to remake digital markets. The European Commission (EC) has released its draft proposals to remake how the European Union (EU) regulates digital markets and digital services, the latest in the bloc’s attempts to rein in what it sees as harms and abuses to people and competition in Europe and the … Continue reading EC Finally Unveils Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act
The European Commission frames a number of current and new programs as a paradigm shift in consumer rights in the EU. The European Commission (EC) has published its New Consumer Agenda that envisions nothing less than a remaking of the European Union’s (EU) approach to a number of key realms, including the digital world. If … Continue reading New EU Consumer Agenda
The EU commences with one antitrust action against Amazon while investigating other possible violations. The European Commission (EC) released a summary of its findings in one antitrust investigation against Amazon, finding enough evidence to proceed while also starting the process to investigate another alleged violation by the United States (U.S.) multinational. The EC started its … Continue reading EU Announces One Antitrust Action Against A Big Tech Firm and Previews Another
Further Reading “How Facebook and Twitter plan to handle election day disinformation” By Sam Dean — The Los Angeles Times; “How Big Tech is planning for election night” By Heather Kelly — The Washington Post; and “What to Expect From Facebook, Twitter and YouTube on Election Day” By Mike Isaac, Kate Conger and Daisuke Wakabayashi … Continue reading Further Reading, Other Developments, and Coming Events (3 November)
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