Kelkoo Group was a hugely successful comparison-shopping service that was taken to a cliff edge by Google’s self-preferencing behaviour. We have been lobbying for fundamental change and fairness in global digital markets since 2011 and are one of the lead complainants in the Google Shopping case in Europe. We are in regular dialogue with global regulators who are keen to restore fair and contestable digital markets.
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🚨 Immediate action needed! @ProfFionasm & David Dinielli, writing for @ProMarket_org, urge #antitrust enforcers to prevent @Google from extending its search monopoly into #AI. Their call comes as closing arguments in the Google search case loom.
Antitrust Enforcers Must Act Now To Ensure the Google Search Case Delivers on Its Promise -...
Fiona Scott Morton and David Dinielli show how landmark antitrust cases historically have cleared the path for innova...
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🇩🇪 email service @TutaPrivacy has filed a complaint to the EU #DMA taskforce, alleging Google de-ranked their site when DMA rules took effect. Tuta claims this severely reduced their online visibility, violating #DMA provisions to ensure fair competition.
Exclusive: Google rival Tuta complains to EU tech regulators about de-ranking
German email service Tuta Mail has complained to European Union tech regulators about what it described as a sudde...
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Sumit Sharma - @SumitEcon, @ConsumerReports - discusses potential remedies in the DOJ's case against @Google's search monopoly. He suggests limiting default settings and enhancing syndication contracts to boost #Competition in search technologies.
Google Is A Monopoly, But Its Search Engine Does Not Have To Be | TechPolicy.Press
Sumit Sharma, a senior researcher for competition at Consumer Reports, says the search market should be more competitive.
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In today's @POLITICOEurope MorningTech by @Gmvolpi : @EU_Competition digital markets lead, Alberto Bacchiega, hints that if #AI becomes a core platform, the #DMA is poised to expand its scope to address potential #BigTech dominance in AI services.
#BigTech's quest for an #AI monopoly faces pushback from the UK's @CMAgovUK .
According to @JohnNaughton, the CMA's proactive measures aim to ensure fair competition, potentially reshaping the AI landscape to promote fairness and consumer protection.
The big tech firms want an AI monopoly – but the UK watchdog can bring them to heel | John Naughton
Microsoft, Meta and Google are snapping up small players in the burgeoning industry – but the Competition and Ma...
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Timely remarks by Sarah Cardell @CMAgovUK -@mlexclusive - recalling the importance of Digital Markets, Competition & Consumers Bill.
"The Bill will give new powers for the CMA to enforce consumer law against firms who don’t play by the rules"
@KelkooPolicy supports this ambition
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Enforcement is the only language that Google understands.
The DMA’s success depends upon its proper implementation by digital gatekeepers. Read our letter to Commissioners Vestager and Breton calling for the EC to open non-compliance proceedings against Google.
How will gatekeepers leverage AI to frustrate the DMA?
Will Big Tech‘s dominance be further entrenched by generative AI – which in turn could derail the success of the DMA? Read more.
How will gatekeepers frustrate the DMA?
Between the doomsayers and prophets of an AI future, a stellar panel analyses how gatekeepers will leverage AI to strengthen their monopolistic positions and double down on anti-competitive practices.
DMA; Google’s trade-offs: business model or consumer choice, surely?
On the face of it, Google’s blog post on ‘An update on our preparation for the DMA’ begins innocuously enough. No alarm bells…until this clanger at the end…
Will Google finally be stopped in its tracks in 2024?
Our CEO Richard Stables reflects on the past year in global digital markets – and what to expect in 2024?
30 CSSs sign Open Letter to Commissioner Reynders
With DMA compliance in March 2024, Google continues to double down on self-preferencing. 30 CSSs call on the EC for swift and firm enforcement. Read here for the full letter.
Will the DMA’s success be derailed by Big Tech’s AI Distractions?
The DMA is well underway. Gatekeepers have until 6 March 2024 to comply with the obligations. But…no one expects it to be as straightforward as this. Big Tech will play its games. And this time, it’s using AI to distract regulators. Read our blog here.
The race is on to regulate Big Tech.
The EU and UK are leading the way. Will it be a case of ‘winner takes it all?’ Or is global co-operation and convergence more important? Read our latest blog here.
EU and UK approaches to digital markets regulation – can they lead the way in best practice?
Tune into our latest webinar to hear experts debate how the UK’s DMCC Bill and Europe’s DMA will deliver competition, innovation and choice.
David Cicilline’s exit interview from Congress
Antitrust is cool again. David Cicilline talks about his time in Congress, launching a landmark investigation into Big Tech’s abuse of digital markets and how bipartisan support was secured.
New UK Tech Bill is silver bullet to restore consumer choice, lower prices and competition
Rich Stables, CEO of Kelkoo Group comments: “Kelkoo Group was a pioneer in comparison shopping which gave consumers access to the best online shopping deals. But since Google was allowed a stranglehold on digital markets by ranking or self-preferencing its own...
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“Will Big Tech’s AI distractions derail the DMA?” Five stellar panellists discuss the concerns and challenges around DMA compliance The European Commission must designate more services [in the DMA] and have more resources to deal with the complexities of digital...
DMA; Google’s trade-offs: business model or consumer choice, surely?
So, after first presenting some very general ideas for DMA compliance in December 2022, Google has now finally begun testing changes on general search pages (supposedly) to comply with the ban on self-preferencing. Google previewed the changes at a workshop in...
Antitrust and competition in global digital markets in 2023: What lessons have been learnt?
CSSs Open Letter to Commissioner Reynders
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