On 25 November 2024 the Commission hosted its seventh DMA compliance workshop which was a first for two reasons: 1. The first European gatekeeper had to explain and answer to market participants interested and in parts skeptical about the travel platform’s DMA compliance plans. 2. It was a little (too) calm. Does this have to […]
Defining fairness in digital: how to operationalise an ideal?
Behrang Kianzad, researcher at Lund University School of Economics and Management, ponders the idea of fairness in EU regulation. It will be difficult to find someone who would argue in favour of a world that is unfair, yet the idea of fairness is not as universal as it may seem, nor is it easy to […]
A human-centred digital transformation: can we recapture the promises of the internet?
Book Review – Digital Policy in the EU: Towards a Human-Centred Digital Transformation” by Werner Stengg Werner Stengg’s formal position sounds modest: He is a „Cabinet Expert“ in the European Commission. Yet, Stengg, a Commission official since 1996, is one of the masterminds behind European digital regulation. In his career he oversaw many important portfolios […]