Month: December 2023
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Meta sued in the U.S. for exploiting children’s brains
On 24 October 2023, a coalition of 32 U.S. Attorney Generals filed a federal lawsuit against Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. This is the result of a U.S.-wide investigation announced in 2021. The lawsuit comes after years of empirical research revealing the harmful nature of social networks, and particularly the specific features of Meta’s social…
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Does the DMA (effectively) protect fairness in platform-to-consumer relations?
Fairness is one of the two objectives pursued by the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Aside from making some sparse and broad references to what may constitute an unfair practice (see, for instance, Recital (33)), the DMA does not establish a normative definition of fairness based on criteria that could serve as benchmarks against which to…
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Back in the game: Court of Appeal sides with CMA against Apple in mobile browsers and cloud gaming market investigation
Yesterday, the CMA successfully overturned the Competition Appeal Tribunal’s (CAT) ruling that the CMA’s market investigation reference (MIR) into mobile browsers and cloud gaming was out of time and therefore unlawful. This opens the door to the CMA reopening the MIR which could lead to significant remedies being imposed against Apple. Background The CMA’s MIR…