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The quiet dismantling of the only meaningful tool Brussels has ever deployed to rein in Big Tech, or merely a tactical leak to shape the narrative and apply pressure? Either way, there is cause for concern.

"It would see the U.S. and EU enter a dialogue on how to implement Europe’s Digital Markets Act—a tech-competition law that has drawn complaints from large American firms—and exempt U.S. companies from enforcement during those talks" WTF www.wsj.com/economy/trad...

"Die Entscheidung liest sich ehrlich gesagt etwas, als hätte das Gericht (vielleicht aus Ohnmacht vor der Aufgabe) einfach die Eingabe von Metas Rechtsvertretung ungeprüft übernommen" yep www.linkedin.com/posts/michae...

Resuming soon 👇🏽

Incredible how many things the gatekeepers failed to grasp when reading the text of the DMA (eg, uninstallable) #DMAcomplianceworkshops

EIN JAHR OHNE HEIKE SCHWEITZER 🥲 www.d-kart.de/en/blog/2025...

"DMA (Team) Sudans, when will Meta's compliance with Article 5(2) finally flow?" - started! competitionwave.blogspot.com/2025/06/dma-...

"WhatsApp owner Meta announced the launch of new features in WhatsApp's "Updates" tab on Monday, including targeted advertisements and a subscription model" DMA 🔥

Ban surveillance-based advertising! The digital services act doesn’t go far enough. So together with a broad coalition of civil society organizations, industry actors, and experts, we are calling for the Norwegian government to ban surveillance-based advertising. ldo.no/blog/2025/06...

Everybody liked the periodic penalty payment as of next week if gatekeepers not yet compliant, but this isn't not going to happen "automatically" - still retroactively at the very least though...

"Separately, the EU is wrapping up its investigation into Google’s online advertising technology, which it launched in 2023" ⏰

'Meredith,' some guys ask, 'why won't you shove AI into Signal?' Because we love privacy, and we love you, and this shit is predictable and unacceptable. Use Signal ❤️

There was "an overall strategy aimed at anticipating the development of the mobile internet, while preserving Google’s own business model, which is based on the revenues which it derives essentially from the use of its general search service" AGKokott curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/... #AnticipatingAI

This is an excellent idea - the DMA provides a full box of different tools. Half-baked compliance isn't good enough, be brave.

PUBLISHED ec.europa.eu/competition/...

"Proper disclosure...requires something along the lines of “On the issue of “X” I have represented/been paid to write “Y”" www.beuc.eu/sites/defaul...

"Leveraging the Digital Markets Act to Address Cloud, Social Media and Technical Interoperability" openfuture.eu/wp-content/u...

Starting!

Marimar Jiménez, de El País/Cinco Días, menciona en #digitales25 el caso de Rapidus, nuevo fabricante de chips promovido en Japón por las autoridades spectrum.ieee.org/rapidus-japa...

Meta 5(2) still sealed, but thanks to a German Court we’ve snagged a sneak peek competitionwave.blogspot.com/2025/06/urte...

"A commitment [by AliExpress] to maintaining a dedicated API, allowing eligible researchers to retrieve and download relevant data" digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm... digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm...

www.youtube.com/live/jgkvkPW...

PLENARY SESSION 2: BREAKING BARRIERS – DMA & OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMES - 1 PM

LSE festival: visions for the future youtube.com/playlist?lis...

My newest empirical study, with Rory Van Loo and Lane Miles, finds that more than 10% of companies in the US share board members with a direct competitor, a per se violation of the antitrust laws papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Polish Digital Summit Catch Up www.youtube.com/live/pvEFcdq...

"L'Italia è tutta un museo, quindi non ha bisogno del Louvre. Il Louvre dell'Italia è l'Italia" Filippo Coarelli ❤️ - reminded of this today playing the accidental guide

Google has a new button. It might destroy the web as you know it. Experts say the new “AI Mode” is an asteroid aimed at the heart of the internet, one that could decimate millions of websites. It seems this chapter of online history is over. Here’s what comes next: www.bbc.com/future/artic...

How do we move from digital feudalism to digital sovereignty? Join me w Francesca Bria, Mike Bracken, David Eaves, Rainer Kattel & Cecilia Rikap to explore developing technological infrastructure that creates value, not just extracts it 20 Jun | 12:00 BST | Join ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/eve...