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The Times Sues Perplexity AI | The New York Times Company Today, The New York Times filed a lawsuit against Perplexity AI for copying Times journalism to deliver it to Perplexity’s customers without permission or compensation.

""Perplexity uses our content to power its product through a process called retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). RAG allows Perplexity to crawl the internet and steal content from behind our paywall and deliver it to its customers in real time" www.nytco.com/press/the-ti...

Imagine Lina Khan and Jonathan Kanter were still leading US antitrust agencies...

The EC has fined X with €120 million for breaching the Digital Services Act.

Today, we also accepted TikTok’s commitments.

Our objective is not a fine.

When platforms offer solid commitments, we accept them.

If they do not, we take action.

More info
X: lnkd.in/euP-8t6t
TikTok: lnkd.in/ezzKHVzF

"T-Mobile charges that AT&T is using federal anti-computer hacking law, state laws and the US District Court's authority "to help it stifle consumer choice.""

"regulatory suffocation," he says www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

Warner Bros. Discovery and Netflix Enter Exclusive Deal Negotiations The move comes after the latest round of bids for the media company. Paramount and Comcast also made offers.

"A merger would be its largest acquisition ever by far." "perfect timing" www.wsj.com/business/med...

Not going back to X 👇🏽

Those were the low hanging fruits - other import stuff still pending

Bing was spared DMA designation despite fulfilling quantitative criteria. Perhaps we should start from discussing this.

Commission fines X €120 million under the Digital Services Act Today, the Commission has issued a fine of €120 million to X for breaching its transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA).

European Commission issues €120 million fine to Elon Musk's X under the Digital Services Act. "The breaches include the deceptive design of its ‘blue checkmark', the lack of transparency of its advertising repository, and the failure to provide access to public data for researchers."

Why is it so good?

Because of Google Search, stupid! #JudgeMehta

Push to unleash DSA on Big Tech Presented by ACEA By GABRIEL GAVIN PRESENTED BY Send tips here | Contact us on X @gerardofortuna @NicholasVinocur | Listen to Playbook and view in your browser HAPPY FRIDAY. I’m Gabriel Gavin,…

"Commission officials have been invited to take part in a “lunch and learn” today, according to an internal note seen by Playbook, focusing on “negotiating under intimidation.” Good luck!" www.politico.eu/newsletter/b...

Cooperation among businesses It’s illegal for businesses to make contracts, arrangements or understandings, or engage in concerted practices that substantially lessen competition.

Competition, collaboration, and modern slavery www.accc.gov.au/business/com...

These tools "have given your daughter an eating disorder, your son a pornography addiction, your grandkids anxiety and depression—and they did it knowingly, under the guise of doing good for humankind.”"

""We must ensure this technology empowers rather than manipulates, enhances rather than exploits,” she said."

Preparing a class touching on the origin of data protection law, found this amazingly prescient BBC interview (same year of Hesse legislation) x.com/BBCArchive/s...

"Red-tape cutting has become a ‘terrible political spectacle,’ EU’s Ribera says. The European Commission’s No.2 official criticized a “Trumpist” approach to EU #deregulation." 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

www.politico.eu/article/eu-r...

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"The formal investigation will cover the EEA except for Italy. This is to avoid an overlap with the Italian Competition Authority's ongoing proceedings for the possible imposition of interim measures concerning Meta's conduct"

No 🔮 required! competitionwave.blogspot.com/2025/12/meta...

Meta to face competition probe over AI use in WhatsApp, Ribera confirms The EU's competition commissioner confirmed a competition procedure will be opened to investigate Meta folding its AI assistant tech into the messaging platform

Meta to face competition probe over AI use in WhatsApp, Ribera confirms

Review of the EU Merger Guidelines – Stakeholder Workshop of 4th December 2025 and "Trento Choice" of relevant questions Today in our Trento classroom the discussion turns to merger control. The timing is well suited, as Brussels today is holding a workshop on...

As discussed today in Brussels - and Trento 😉 competitionwave.blogspot.com/2025/12/revi...

Looking forward to @robin.berjon.com guest lecture delivered online to us in Trento (tomorrow!) - 🙏 Robin

Review of the EU Merger Guidelines – Stakeholder Workshop of 4th December 2025 and "Trento Choice" of relevant questions Today in our Trento classroom the discussion turns to merger control. The timing is well suited, as Brussels today is holding a workshop on ...

"Trento choice" of Questions competitionwave.blogspot.com/2025/12/revi...

🙏 for providing many of the Qs will be discussing competition-policy.ec.europa.eu/about/reachi...

What a day to discuss EU merger control with Trento U Students competition-policy.ec.europa.eu/document/dow...

Digital policy whistleblowers out there, come forward 👀

Did you ever end up on similar slides?

"Policymakers in Brussels and Europe’s capitals seem all too eager to let their ears hang to the demands of a small but powerful group of polluting multinationals as soon as they whisper the terms “competitiveness” and “simplification”" #Draghiwhisperer