March 19, 2024
Meta Urges Emergency Injunction Against FTC Privacy Hearing
Meta Platforms has sought an emergency injunction from a federal appeals court to halt an ongoing Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in-house hearing. The hearing, which could potentially lead to a...
February 22, 2024
Enhancing Social-Media Regulation Through Transparency? Examining the New Transparency Regime...
Social-media platforms have taken on an important role in public communication, yet the precise nature of their influence remains largely opaque. Specifically, their content recommendation and moderation systems have drawn...
February 22, 2024
Social Media Regulation Futures: Learning from International Policy Mixes
There has been a turn worldwide towards social media regulation in the context of concerns about online harms, including those arising from misinformation. Social media regulation largely involves nation-states –...
February 16, 2024
Not All E-Commerce Businesses are Born Equal: Implications for Privacy...
This paper discusses privacy concerns and privacy regulation under two different e-commerce business models: a pure marketplace and a hybrid marketplace. In previous papers we have found that the nature...
February 06, 2024
Google Settles Data Privacy Lawsuit
Tech giant Google has agreed to pay $350 million to settle a lawsuit brought by shareholders concerning a security flaw in its now-defunct social media platform, Google+. The preliminary settlement, filed late...
January 18, 2024
Sheryl Sandberg to Depart Meta Board
Sheryl Sandberg, the former Chief Operating Officer and lead architect of Facebook’s digital advertising-driven business model, has announced her departure from the board of Meta, Facebook’s parent company. This decision...
September 28, 2023
Capturing Innovation for Antitrust Purposes
Capturing innovation poses challenges for antitrust law and practice, despite innovation being recognized as one of antitrust’s primary objectives. Defining innovation, deciding on the type of innovation that deserves to...
July 26, 2023
Australia Hits Facebook with $20 Million Fine for Data Privacy...
Facebook’s parent company, Meta Platforms, has been ordered to pay a hefty fine in an Australian court for collecting user data through its now-discontinued app Onavo. The Federal Court of...
June 20, 2023
The ACCC’s Ongoing Digital Platforms Services Inquiry: Social Media Services
By Jacqueline Downes, Melissa Camp, & Dominic Page1 I. Introduction In its latest report in the ACCC’s ongoing Digital Platforms Services Inquiry 2020-2025 (DPSI),2 the Australian regulator has found that...