In the end, it was a series of six meetings, each lasting two hours, with 75 pages of quite technical background material. We really need more public interest involvement in these kinds of things, but it is no surprise that few people want to do this kind of thing in their spare time. I always thought I'd contribute code, I'm still surprised to be invited to these things. It is clear that #FreeSoftware voices carry a lot more weight in this setting. How can we get more people involved?

@eighthave Which consultancy, if I may ask 😇?

I'm back #DSA

Hard to overstate how important this news is. #Threads

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/13/24000120/threads-meta-activitypub-test-mastodon

cc: @fediversenews

On innovation and competition at the OECD: happy to help, if I can! https://competitionwave.blogspot.com/2023/12/on-innovation-and-competition-at-oecd.html

EU warns Elon Musk after Twitter found to have highest rate of disinformation

Musk is told his platform, now known as X, must comply with new laws designed to combat fake news and Russian propaganda

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/26/eu-warns-elon-musk-that-twitter-x-must-comply-with-fake-news-laws

This is extremely concerning, both in that google needs to be publicly held to account, and in that it sets a worrying standard for similar trials.

https://www.bigtechontrial.com/p/how-to-hide-a-2-trillion-antitrust

Krzysztof Siewicz, an Open Future 2023 fellow, has looked into the regulatory requirements and potential challenges of establishing the EPDIF. His paper is open for feedback and comments via @pubpub. Krzysztof's work was supported by funding from Omidyar Network. 🧶 4/4

Midnight!

There is still time until next Monday: contribute to the appropriate enforcement of the Digital Markets Act! https://www.article19.org/effective-dma-enforcement-2023-call-for-papers/

X, from 29 Sept "We collect information about your activity on X, including: metadata related to Encrypted Messages, and when you use Direct Messages, including the contents of the messages, the recipients, and date and time of messages" H/T @Privacymatters @mastodon.social

Draft paper: ‘Compliance by design’ with the messenger interoperability obligation under the Digital Markets Act - comments much appreciated https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4558135

"A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It's where the rich use public transportation."

"With the ongoing development and widespread adoption of #AI across diverse sectors, a shift in the approach of competition authorities towards AI-driven competition is not only on the horizon but also essential," writes @wavesblog, professor at the Department of Economics and Management of the Università di Trento https://www.promarket.org/2023/07/25/next-generation-antitrust-policy-in-an-ai-driven-world/

It'd be great to hear what you here on Mastodon think of this short piece I wrote for ProMarket: https://competitionwave.blogspot.com/2023/07/next-generation-antitrust-policy-in-ai.html - many thanks in advance 🙂

Updated version of the Teramo presentation on my blog https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/o63qdi30s42stdhv44s3o/Vezzoso_Cloud_20_07_23_V2.pdf?dl=0&rlkey=trw5djpr1mlpbydjcgmvmqzqg @1br0wn

Gen AI & Market Power: What Role for Antitrust Regulators? https://competitionwave.blogspot.com/2023/07/gen-ai-market-power-what-role-for.html

A very public job interview: Fiona Scott Morton is the new Chief Competition Economist https://competitionwave.blogspot.com/2023/07/a-very-public-job-interview-fiona-scott.html

I was invited by #Meta via a third party to join a roundtable about #AI fairness. There was a generous honorarium. They were asking me to sign an NDA. I said I wouldn't do it unless I could publicly declare my participation, the $ involved, and continue to criticise Meta based on public info. They ghosted me ...

#fundingmatters