Digital Markets, Competition & Antitrust
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Shaping Policy That Promotes Competition
It’s imperative policymakers understand digital competition is unlike the hard-goods market. The ideas of finite distribution and product scarcity are almost entirely irrelevant. Instead, we promote smart policy that examines consumer benefits when measuring how well the market is functioning. If competitive and antitrust regulation is too stringent, we risk crippling innovation that pushes society forward.
The Latest on Digital Markets
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Anonymity And Social Norms On The Internet: A Prediction
Read more: Anonymity And Social Norms On The Internet: A PredictionWhen the internet was small and home to a small tribe, social norms were enough to keep things in line. But when nobody knows you’re a dog, what’s to stop you from biting people?
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“Everything you see on the internet is true.” – Abraham Lincoln
Read more: “Everything you see on the internet is true.” – Abraham LincolnThat’s not Lincoln. It’s Nicolas Cage. This photo could be animated and speaking, all in a matter of minutes, thanks to machine learning.
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The EU Is Starting To Understand Data. Too Bad Their Models Are Based On HAL And Skynet.
Read more: The EU Is Starting To Understand Data. Too Bad Their Models Are Based On HAL And Skynet.AI isn’t part of the legal curriculum, and allowing lawyers to regulate the space is risky. The EU is moving forward with plans to regulate AI anyways – are they up to the task?
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The European Commission Moves Forward, Important CJEU Rules and the German Approach on Data and Algorithms
Read more: The European Commission Moves Forward, Important CJEU Rules and the German Approach on Data and AlgorithmsAlso, Brexit is well… Brexit. The Developers Alliance Sept-October 2019 European Policy Recap.
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Freedom Of Speech Threatened, A Looming Government Shutdown, and Patent Trolls
Read more: Freedom Of Speech Threatened, A Looming Government Shutdown, and Patent TrollsLooks like the scares are just beginning in the October 2019 US Policy recap.
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Decency, Free Speech, and Tomorrow’s Internet.
Read more: Decency, Free Speech, and Tomorrow’s Internet.The internet has come a long way since the Communications Decency Act of 1996. Is it time to reform internet liability?
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Developers Alliance Standpoints On The Digital Services Act And The Digital Markets Act
Read more: Developers Alliance Standpoints On The Digital Services Act And The Digital Markets ActThe revision of the e-Commerce Directive represents the right moment to ensure an updatedharmonized legal framework for online content. It should preserve the core principles that enablethe open internet and…
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Children Are The Future. COPPA Is Our Present.
Read more: Children Are The Future. COPPA Is Our Present.We asked if you designed apps that can be used by kids…and we have some worrisome results to share … but also some useful advice.
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We signed on to a joint industry letter on the ePrivacy proposal, asking policymakers to reconsider it.
Read more: We signed on to a joint industry letter on the ePrivacy proposal, asking policymakers to reconsider it.The draft ePrivacy Regulation was proposed in January 2017 and remains on the agenda of theCouncil of the EU following two and a half years of intense discussions. Progress on…
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Patents, Privacy, and (AI) Policy: U.S. Policy Update
Read more: Patents, Privacy, and (AI) Policy: U.S. Policy UpdateIt’s been a busy fall as elections loom and technology issues like privacy and AI have caught the public’s attention, for better or worse. Oh, and something about “peaches”, if I heard it right.
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