Tag: Data
Facebook Must Face Antitrust Suits Over Data
Facebook must face antitrust litigation over its alleged advertising pact with Google and its alleged strategy of building a social media empire by deceiving...
UK Suit Claims Facebook Exploited Personal User Data
Facebook, now known as Meta, faces a fine of over $3.2 billion over allegations that it exploited data and abused its market dominance, Reuters...
The Digital Markets Act (DMA): A Procompetitive Recalibration of Data Relations?
By Philipp Bazenov (New York University)
Since its publication in December 2020, the European Commission’s regulatory proposal for a Digital Markets Act (DMA) continues to...
Italy’s Antitrust Watchdog Fines Google, Apple Over Data
Italy's antitrust regulator has fined Google and iPhone maker Apple 10 million euros ($11.2 million) each for "aggressive practices" linked to the commercial use...
South Korean Chip Makers Will Omit Handing Detailed Data To US
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix plan to leave out detailed information when supplying Washington with data related to the global chip shortage as they...
European Commission Tightens Security For Device Makers
The European Commission (EC) adopted new rules to enhance the cybersecurity features of wireless devices sold in the European Union (EU) to counter a...
The Value of Data and Its Impact on Competition
Common regulatory perspective on the relationship between data, value, and competition in online platforms has increasingly centered on the volume of data accumulated by...
Competing for Free
A feature of many digital platforms is that they offer services to one side of the platform “for free.” In some instances, the business...
When “Free” Is Not “Free”
Consumers on the Internet routinely give away data — information about their habits, preferences, purchasing patterns, contacts and more — in return for “free”...
Free as Air?
“Free” once had a simple meaning – something without constraint whatsoever, as in “free as air.” At times, some have suggested that antitrust enforcement...