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Agenda: RampUp 2026 - March 3-5 - San Francisco | RampUp Explore three days of case studies, panel discussions, and expert sessions at RampUp 2026 and discover the limitless potential of your data.

This will topic be part of my discussion tomorrow at 10:30am in SF at hashtag#RampUP ballroom #5.

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Agentic's Big Gaping Hole Robots won't fix what's wrong in the ads space without help.

The move to agentic will change the data business in ways that very few around here have grappled with. On this week's @monopolyreport.bsky.social, I evaluate "compliance inputs" - tools which can be used as part of agentic frameworks to assess data vendors.

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Per Wendy Davis: "Virginia's unanimously passed a bill banning the sale of precise location data.

What's the next domino to fall? How many years does the precise location data space have at this point? Can some of the 40 Cali registered data brokers pivot?

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My regulatory question of the week.

Lots of intimate data being input into AI chatbots. What happens to that data AFTER input? OpenAI is promising that it won't be used over time to create profiles for advertising.

But having it used for advertising might be the least of your concerns....

Here are some regulatory questions for the week of Feb 16.

Pls share your answers.

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AI Content Marketplaces Won't Work Unless someone figures out what to do about Google

AI Content Marketplaces are a great idea... if only we could get Google, OpenAI and the rest of the AI companies to consistently pay for the content they are taking.

The question is.... HOW?

I have a few thoughts on this week's @monopolyreport.bsky.social

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Thanks so much for coming on Jess! I had a blast - and learned a bunch!

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Episode 65: The Problem with Age Verification Alan Chapell is joined by Professor Jess Miers, visiting assistant professor of the University of Akron School of Law. Jess and Alan discuss some of the inherent ch…

It's a really fun and engaging episode. I learned a ton.

PS - if you think this kids stuff isn't going to hit the ads space.... just you wait!

PPS - this episode was REALLY well timed given all the activity taking place (e.g., @discord.com)

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Professor @jmiers230.bsky.social joined me on @monopolyreport.bsky.social pod to discuss some of the challenges around age verification.

In this clip, Jess breaks down a supreme court decision which under-appreciated the "friction" that age verification measures create for adults.

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Here are my regulatory questions of the week beginning Feb 9. Please leave your answers in the comments.

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Remarkable

I'm looking for a podcast guest who can speak to the public policy, legal and power dynamics taking place as Governments across the globe are trying to grapple with Grok's enablement and generation of sexualized images. Pls DM me.

Episode 64: Tom Kemp of CalPrivacy discusses the DROP & Public P… Alan Chapell is joined by Tom Kemp, the executive director of California's privacy regulator CalPrivacy to discuss the launch of the DROP data deletion mechanism an…

In the podcast, we talk about the DROP deletion mechanism and Tom patiently engages in a broader discussion of the policy goals. In the article, I share some reccomendations for the ad industry as as well as CalPrivacy. www.monopolyreportpod.com/episode-64-t...

CCPA vs. Big Tech If Big Tech is the problem, is CalPrivacy the solution?

What are the goals of CalPrivacy - California's privacy regulator? What are they looking to accomplish in 2026? @tomkemp00.bsky.social of CalPrivacy was kind enough to join me on @monopolyreport.bsky.social podcast this week - and I wrote a side-car article at monopoly-report.com/p/ccpa-vs-bi...

I'm not certain that Palantir meets the statutory definition of a data broker.

Regulatory questions of the week.

Thanks! @brendanbenedict.bsky.social did a great job!!

Google is currently facing FOURTEEN private antitrust lawsuits re: its ad tech business.

If you have an informed take re: the merits and/or strategy behind any of these suits, pls PM me.

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Hmu pls. Or I'll try to find you via email

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I asked @daphnek.bsky.social how these new requirements will work in practice - she illustrates how the "new" rules put long established processes used by millions of websites into question.

EU Court of Justice in Russmedia surfaced a semi-hidden tension between the GDPR and e-commerce directive. @daphnek.bsky.social joins me on this week's @monopolyreport.bsky.social podcast to break it all down. Here is an overview of the goal of intermediary liability provisions. tinyurl.com/yjspkcs9

It's Time To Get Serious About Privacy Just getting by or doing nothing is very 2019

Privacy (or lack thereof) is starting to get in the way of exits for ad tech founders.

This week's @monopolyreport.bsky.social newsletter.

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Im not sure you can find 50 active ad tech people on bluesky

Sad.

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