Amazon CEO Andy Jassy takes a dim view of antitrust enforcement.

‘I think it’s really kind of a sad story.’

Reminder: Amazon couldn't buy iRobot vacuum-cleaner company due to #antitrust concerns.
theverge.com/2024/4/11/2412… via @Verge

Exactly as intended! 🥳 “EU firms decreased data storage by 26 percent and data processing by 15 percent relative to comparable US firms, becoming less 'data-intensive.'” #loveGDPR

One month after the #DMA came into force, Opera has seen a 63% increase in new monthly users on iOS in Europe 👏👏

Let's empower consumers to choose the services which best suit their needs. Read more below.

opendigitalecosystems.org/news/8/dma-imp…

New from Douwe Korff: why the recent APD-GBA decision on #AI -training using banking data was 'fundamentally flawed' ianbrown.tech/2024/04/11/app…

'TechCrunch reached out to 16 alternative browser makers with questions, as well as Apple and Google, to inform our reporting. We also contacted the European Commission to ask about its own tracking of the #DMA ’s impact in this area — but it declined to share any data.'

The ongoing problems of the so-called #PrivacyParadox (not a paradox; the cost is disguised & many users don't feel they can preserve their privacy, so give up: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…) and #ZeroPriceEffect ('free' services swamp all others in a market: thedecisionlab.com/reference-guid…)

🎯 'Central to national renewal will be articulating a more nuanced and inclusive sense of 🇬🇧 in place of a preposterous and exclusive one.' theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

🚨'If digital companies don't align with EU laws, including the #DigitalMarketsAct , we could see calls for breaking up #BigTech ,' warns president of the Bundeskartellamt Andreas Mundt Andreas Mundt.

It's a critical time for tech regulation, aiming for fair and contestable markets.

That applies to all flavours of regulators re walled-off events, if you ask me

This is a quote for the ages on debates about automation bias, AI military use, and 'human-in-the-loop' oversight in #AI and data protection/ #GDPR more broadly

EPPO is a gift that keeps on giving (and paying for itself many times over). EDPS, EU Ombudsman and other EU institutions are often much more competent, trustworthy and acting in the public interest than the traditional democratically accountable politicians. People should think

Even from a selfish economic perspective, why can't NATO spend now on protecting Ukraine/constraining Putin what would cost a few % of required defence spending in 5 years against a triumphant Darth Putin? (I know: mainly, insane Trumpists and short-sighted Europeans 😱)

Any AI deals will no doubt be welcome to cover the legal bills...

'Murdoch’s UK newspaper empire has incurred fresh costs of more than £51mn related to claims made in the phone hacking scandal', taking total to 'about £1bn in settlements and legal costs' on.ft.com/3vN2udZ

I rarely agree with big tech trade associations, but this is 💯 % correct! #DMA

Apple can't talk about it for obvious reasons, but I wonder what sort of systems they have in place to gather this sort of threat intelligence and come to these assessments. iOS probably has internal tripwires/IDS systems. Maybe those talk back to Apple?