Saw this last week but didn't see much commentary, there should be more, because it's an example of how industry concerns about the workability of regulation are often shot down, but ultimately prove true.

Solid reporting by @egreechee The EU regulation on the transparency and targeting of political advertising (TTPA) (Regulation 2024/900) was proposed all the way back in 2021, and had a few years of negotiations before it was finalised. eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/…

Here in Copenhagen for the Danish Presidency conference on AI and Copyright. There's a buzz, with a lot of familiar faces eager to set the stage on the forthcoming European debate. Following a welcome from the Danish Minister for Culture, a presentation of a Danish expert group report released on Monday with 10 recommendations

kum.dk/aktuelt/nyhede…

Since I haven't been invited into the room for this one, I'll be live tweeting the livestream of the European Commission's 2025 DMA compliance workshop for Google. It's a hot morning, both literally (hottest day of the year in Brussels), and figuratively, with the most spicy topics addressed first:

DMA Workshops Round 2 have kicked off, and this time I got to be in the room for the half-day on #Amazon.

I unfortunately missed last week's kick-off with MSFT but from reports it seemed relatively similar.

Amazon has made massive changes, but complainants still complain.
In short, it was a rather uneventful session. As expected, Amazon explained their compliance measures, reiterated their commitments not to treat 3rd-party products unfairly, and to protect Amazon users from fraud and cybersecurity risks.

Yesterday European Commission fined Meta nearly €800 million for ... offering users a free marketplace service?

It's emblematic of what's wrong with European competition policy today, and how Europe is failing consumers, innovators, and competition. 🧵

https://x.com/EU_Competition/status/1857056303752925592

This is the first antitrust fine against Meta. Meta doesn't generally have antitrust problems because it's a challenger in most spaces. It has a strong social media service, sure, but it doesn't have its own ecosystem that it can leverage to exclude social media rivals

A couple weeks ago I started at @ProgressChamber with a vision for a more progressive European tech policy. I thought to add a few more thoughts and data-points to this thread. medium.com/chamber-of-pro… Tech-policy, especially in Europe, seems at times driven by a dystopian vision of technology pushed by some asking for an economic revolution. Tech companies, which have very little actual political power, have been scapegoated for a lot of society's ills

https://x.com/StiglerCenter/status/1781085452797088048

Yesterday the Commission announced #DMA non-compliance enforcement just a few weeks after the law's obligations began to apply. It's not entirely a surprise if you understand the EC's obsession with being "tough", but there is one dimension that stands out
ec.europa.eu/commission/pre… The investigation into #Meta is unlike any of the others, and really pushes the boundaries of the EC's DMA powers, and portends a lot of the complication and drama we can expect in the years ahead.

Good morning and welcome to Day 4 of the EC's DMA Compliance Workshops, today focusing on Google and kicking off with rules about user choice in Google Android, and the novel obligation of mandated divestment/sharing of Google search data (to help create a European Google rival) Google has faced numerous antitrust complaints in recent years, and several investigations, a handful of which have resulted in fines. Google has been trying to settle these cases, and made a large number of changes to its services to accommodate complainants and concerns.

Strap in folks, because it's Day 2 of the EC's DMA Compliance Workshops, this one is focused on Meta and their compliance plans to address the gatekeeper regulation. I'll be live tweeting what comes out alongside some running commentary. digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/events-poolpag… Some unfortunate technical difficulties to start. The in-house streaming service says "the session is finished", perhaps referring to yesterday's Apple workshop. Thankfully the EC have figured out that they could leave us a message in Slido (the conference Q&A service being used)

Big day today as the Commission kicks off its second round of #DMA compliance workshops , this time focused on specific gatekeepers, their compliance reports, and the feedback of third-parties. First target: Apple digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/events-poolpag… The Commission has opened these up for interested parties already heavily involve in the process to vent their concerns with the companies' existing compliance plans, and to provide some transparency for lawyers and consultants who might need to advise their clients going forward