Back in the day, #BlueChecks used to mean trustworthy sources of information✔️🐦 Now with X, our preliminary view is that: ❌They deceive users ❌They infrige #DSA X has now the right of defence —but if our view is confirmed we will impose fines & require significant changes.

Huge win for EU in fight against Big Tech. EU judges just upheld a decision to designate TikTok (ByteDance) under #DMA. TikTok said it was a "challenger" service to the big platforms. Court said EC was right to find it was a "gatekeeper." Margrethe Vestager & Breton will be happy.

An issue I raised some time now as a possible concern but more work needs to be done in order to integrate the role of financial markets and indexes in competition law & policy news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

President Biden has been an extraordinary, history-making president — a leader who has fought hard for working people and delivered astonishing results for all Americans. He will go down in history as one of the most impactful and selfless presidents. Thank you, Joe Biden.

#EUAntitrust #Cartels Commission 🇪🇺 opens investigation into possible anticompetitive agreements in the online food delivery sector 👇 🔗➡️europa.eu/!hdbhHD

AI comes with unique growth & innovation power... that needs open & contestable markets to unlock its full potential. 👉Today European Commission 🇪🇺, FTC 🇺🇸, U.S. Department of Justice 🇺🇸 & Competition & Markets Authority 🇬🇧 state our joint effort to protect competition in AI, and make sure it serves all consumers.

FTC & DOJ officials continue to conspire with European regulators to hobble America's AI innovators using hypothetical worst-case thinking and amorphous threats. Meanwhile, the CCP sits back and laughs as China looks to boost their national AI champions. ftc.gov/news-events/ne…

1. Firms harvest a trove of Americans’ personal data, from your browsing history to your biometrics. Now firms could be using this data to target you with an individualized price. Today FTC launched an inquiry into these surveillance pricing tactics. ftc.gov/news-events/ne…

2. As more retailers use digital tools to do business with consumers, they enjoy greater ability to set person-specific prices based on what they know about you. FTC’s inquiry will shed light on the opaque layer of middlemen that may enable this surveillance pricing.

3. We’ve sent orders to Mastercard, Revionics, Bloomreach, Chase, Task Software, PROS, Accenture, & McKinsey to examine their pricing tools. Americans deserve to know if people are being charged different prices for the same product, be it at the grocery store or online.

There's no escaping investigations for Apple and its AppStore. Today, Spain's #antitrust agency has opened a new probe into unfair terms for developers & app distribution. Comes on top of two #DMA probes and the European Commission Art 102 fine re Spotify cnmc.es/prensa/incoaci…

Today, letters of formal notice were sent to six Member States who either did not appoint a Digital Services Coordinator, yet, or did not empower it, or both. The DSA calls for a ‘Team Europe’ approach and it is important that all DSCs can actively engage. digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commis…

#EUAntirrust Commission 🇪🇺 seeks feedback on draft antitrust Guidelines on exclusionary abuses 👇 🔗➡️europa.eu/!hjkGb6 🔗➡️europa.eu/!WBC3MT

#EUStateAid Commission 🇪🇺approves €5 billion German 🇩🇪State aid measure to support ESMC in setting up a new semiconductor manufacturing facility 👇 🔗➡️europa.eu/!J6DWYV

#ECJ dixit. Legal certainty and predictability in #EU #merger control needs to prevail.

.Margrethe Vestager responds to the court defeat in Illumina/Grail today. She notes: - EC will continue to accept Art 22 referrals (when NCAs have jurisdiction) - Some NCAs have in the meantime developed call-in powers & so great chances to review such deals ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

#ECJ confirms European Commission illegal aid decision on #taxruling issued by #Ireland in favour of Apple – #EUGeneralCourt judgment annulled - #Ireland must now recover an estimated €13 billion 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo2_…

#ECJ upholds the fine of €2.4 billion imposed on Google for abuse of its dominant position by favouring its own comparison shopping service #competition European Commission 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo2_…

A great team!