Thread by @jason_kint

ok, finally read the full announcement from UK yesterday. It's a BFD. Another major nation integrating thinking on competition and data policy. This adds to the German Cartel Office decision vs Facebook, state AGs and federal antitrust suits, US Congress and other parliaments. /1

"self-reinforcing" and "insurmountable without regulatory intervention"... /2

"We do not agree" that competition law and data protection are in opposition. /3

The regulators speak directly to how weak competition can undermine privacy protections...and leave users with no meaningful choice. Witness Google and Facebook tracking us more than any companies and 85-90% of the incremental growth in the market. /4

a good reminder that they're still looking at the core of how much of the digital advertising market works ("RTB"). I expect more to come on this but there are claims it's inconsistent with data protection and GDPR. /5

this is the kicker point - about siloing data in the case of dominant platforms - and it's consistent with Germany's decision against Facebook, the draft EU Digital Markets Act and where US needs to go. /6

👀 /7

recall when Republican congressman @RepArmstrongND asked Google and Facebook CEOs about this topic late last year. Their answers weren't crisp and begging for action. (ignore Jack) ;) /8

when the professionals who work for them were asked this question in Canada, they did a better job ducking it. /9

this thread has a lot on the issue and the German Cartel Office case which is going very poorly for Menlo Park.

and I never posted a link to the full UK announcement yesterday from ICO and CMA. The whole point of the thread. 🤦🏼‍♂️ assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…

Ugh, just noticed @CMAgovUK cited Google research again. Note, this study only looked narrowly at effects on open exchanges on Google tech for 500? “popular” sites. Google generated study for press headline and tried to bury but CMA pursued. It’s what I hinted at here. @ICOnews

ps “in the short run” from @CMAgovUK @ICOnews is doing a lot of work in that sentence. ⬆️