The digital privacy legislation that was meant to afford user protections in the digital sphere is believed to have played a central role in growing the monopolistic hold of Google on the advertising ecosystem, argues a new paper from Geradin Partner
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The CMA is calling on the government to introduce a new pro-competition regulatory regime to tackle Google and Facebook’s market power.
The dynamic nature of digital advertising markets and the types of concerns identified by the Competition and Mark
"The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has released a toolkit to ensure responsible and compliant advertising self-regulation.
Advertising and marketing self-regulation is a framework by which the advertising, marketing, agency, and media indus
"The governments of the UK and Australia are investigating a facial recognition company that grabbed billions of people's pictures from across the internet for use in its database. The inquiry will look at Clearview AI and whether its scraping and ha
"The world’s most popular short video app continues to be in the crosshairs of politicians globally.
On Monday night, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Fox News that the United States is “certainly looking at” banning TikTok over concerns that it c
BRUSSELS—Big tech companies including Google parent Alphabet Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and Facebook Inc. face a swath of proposed European regulations aimed at curbing their alleged anticompetitive behavior, making them pay more taxes and compelling th
The coronavirus pandemic has made the world more reliant on technology. The EU’s competition commissioner says that makes her fight more urgent.
Foreign policy’s Ravi Agrawal recently spoke with the Brussels-based Vestager about the future of regulat
"The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) in April published the first pan-European Code of Conduct on responsible advertising for online gambling. The Code is broad in scope and introduces essential standards for advertising content, acros
"SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Enforcing a fake news law in the run up to a national election, authorities in Singapore have ordered that online references to some comments made by opposition figures on key issues must carry a warning that the content contai
"French MPs have voted to grant a tax credit to anyone taking out a new subscription to a current affairs newspaper or magazine after the government argued that the sector was “suffering enormously” from the coronavirus crisis.
Deputies voted to allo
"The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and Ofcom have set up a new forum to help ensure online services work well for consumers and businesses in the UK.
The Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum strength
"In a closely watched case, Facebook lost an appeal related to charges that it has violated competition laws by abusing its dominance in social media.
In a decision that could further embolden European governments to take on large tech platforms, Ger
The Australian government has asked digital platforms to develop voluntary codes of practice to counter misinformation and help users to better identify the quality of online news and information.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (AC
"Ofcom will not hesitate to impose fines on social media firms who fail to deal with harmful content, its new boss has said.
The watchdog would also consider temporarily suspending platforms in extreme cases of harm.
Chief executive Dame Melanie Dawe
"A landmark regulatory intervention that seeks to apply structural antitrust remedies to cut big (ad)tech’s rights-hostile surveillance business models down to size has been revived after Germany’s federal court overturned an earlier ruling that had
"The Justice Department plans to announce a proposed rollback of Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act as early as today, according to The Wall Street Journal. If adopted by Congress, the legislation would reportedly push internet compan
The Commission has proposed today an ambitious reform of the digital space, a comprehensive set of new rules for all digital services, including social media, online market places, and other online platforms that operate in the European Union:…