The 2010s are over. As we embark on the 2020s, now is the perfect time to reflect on the immense technological advancements that humanity has made since the dawn of the new millennium.
Yesterday, the European Parliament voted in favour of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, in one of the final stages before it becomes law.
On the 26th April 2018, the European Commission adopted a proposal for regulating the relationships between online platforms and their business consumers.
A lot has been written about how social media (or digital media more generally), by creating online echo chambers and filter bubbles, increases political polarisation.
The Commission’s decision to fine Google for unfair practice was based on a misunderstanding of the Android ecosystem and a mistaken definition of the relevant market. This allowed Google’s activities to be wrongly cast as those of a monopoly abusing its position.