Jammin'Digital

Tune in for an interview with  Natalie Harsdorf-Borsch, Director General at the Austrian Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde (BwB). Hear: About sector inquires the BwB is driving in digital markets under her leadership; Her take on the Digital Markets Act (DMA), EU legislation designed to tame the power of the largest digital platforms – the so-called "gatekeepers"; About the BwB cooperation with o...

Tune in for an interview with  Cani Fernández,  the President of the Spanish Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (the CNMC).  Hear: Her insights into competition enforcement the CNMC is driving in digital markets under her leadership;  Her take on the Digital Markets Act (DMA), EU legislation designed to tame the power of the largest digital platforms – the so-called "gatekeepe...

Tune in for an interview with Rima Alaily, Deputy General Counsel at Microsoft . Hear her views on:  Whether regulators are turning on big tech The emerging ' ecosystem' theory of harm in merger control of digital deals The largest Microsoft's acquisition ever:  video game publisher Activision Blizzard 

Tune in for an interview with Sarah Cardell, Interim Chief Executive at the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). Hear insights into: Post-Brexit CMA investigations into digital companies in parallel with the European Commission to ensure coverage of the UK  How has the CMA merger control practice evolved when looking at transactions in the digital space  How the dedicated Digital Markets Unit...

Tune in for an interview with Andreas Mundt, President of the German Bundeskartellamt (BKartA), and Chair of the International Competition Network , to hear about the BKartA’s competition enforcement in the digital space. Hear insights into:  What’s next on the BKartA’s agenda under the so-called “Section 19a GWB” against online platforms designated as being of “paramount importance” for competiti...

Tune in for an interview with Thibault Schrepel ,  a blockchain expert appointed to the World Economic Forum and the World Bank,  author of  book “ Blockchain + Antitrust ” (2021) as well as author of the world's most downloaded antitrust articles in four subsequent years.  Hear why he considers that: Antitrust in blockchain is like jazz music  – "pretty much dead" Blockchains can c...

Tune in for an interview with Isabelle de Silva – until recently, President of the French Autorité de la concurrence – to hear her insights into competition enforcement work in digital markets pursued under her leadership; as well as her take on the Digital Markets Act (DMA) – the EU legislative proposal designed to tame the power of the largest digital platforms – the so-called "gatekeepers&...

Tune in for an interview with Alfonso Lamadrid de Pablo in the third episode of our series dedicated to the Digital Markets Act (DMA) - the EU legislative proposal designed to tame the power of large digital platforms - the so-called "gatekeepers".  Hear insights of Alfonso - who is a vocal commentator on the draft DMA  - about:  Weaknesses in the very legal basis the DMA is built on  Th...

Tune in for an interview with MEP Stéphanie Yon-Courtin in the second episode of our series dedicated to the Digital Markets Act (DMA) - the EU legislative proposal designed to complement existing competition law, in attempt to tame the power of digital platforms - the so-called "gatekeepers".  Hear insights of MEP Yon-Courtin - who is the European Parliament ECON Committee's rappor...

Tune in for an interview with Philip Marsden in the first episode of our series dedicated to the Digital Markets Act (DMA) - the EU legislative proposal designed to complement existing competition law, in attempt to tame the power of digital platforms that, quoting the DMA itself, serve as a "gateway for business users to reach end users" - the so-called "gatekeepers".  Hear in...

Tune in for an interview with Prof. Rupprecht Podszun about the first of its kind case into Facebook where competition and privacy law collide. The antitrust case pursued by the German competition authority, the Bundeskartellamt, centres on alleged exploitative dominance abuse by amassing private user data in breach of EU privacy rules. Prof. Podszun, who says he “loves the case”, has been one of...

Tune in for an interview with economics professor Lesley Chiou about her research on fake news dissemination on social media . The research examines dissemination of disinformation on health – and the spread of fake news about vaccination – on Facebook in particular. Hear about: How people use social media for health information  How social media affects the way people go about their health  The r...

This episode features an interview with Axel Voss - a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) who is one of the key drivers of the EU policy debate on Artificial Intelligence .    MEP Voss tells Jammin'Digital about the European Parliament's legislative own-initiative report on a civil liability regime for Artificial Intelligence and the work on the report by the Special Committee on Art...

In this episode, hear about the global reach of EU regulatory powers. Prof. Anu Bradford explains the concept of the far-reaching 'Brussels effect' that is created by global companies applying  EU rules not only in Europe, but around the globe; how businesses 'gravitate' towards EU regulatory standards that tend to be the most stringent in the world. Tune in and learn: How the...

This episode features an interview with Dr Andrea Jelinek , Director of the Austrian Data Protection Authority and Chair of the European Data Protection Board ( EDPB ) – an independent EU body that was set up to ensure consistent application of European privacy rules. The European General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR ) it is turning three this May. The gdpr.eu refers to it as “the toughest pr...

In this episode, hear about the EU regulatory plans for online platforms and other digital players to tackle disinformation (aka 'fake news'). The podcast features an interview with Renate Nikolay , the Head of Cabinet of the European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova who is leading the Commission’s work in this respect. The public debate about platform accountability for online con...