May 18, 2022  SEONews

Antitrust authority takes aim at Big Tech – Lexology

As part of its increased focus on the operation of Big Tech – where platforms use a wide range of measures, including intellectual property, privacy data and algorithms to improve their competitive position – the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has released the draft White Paper on Competition Policy in the Digital Economy for comment. This primarily advises on the FTC’s policy position and future directions for competition concerns with respect to digital platform operators.

The FTC – which is also planning seminars and public hearings – is expected to finalise the white paper once it has received comments from the public.

In this draft white paper, the FTC indicates that its focus on competition enforcement will include the following issues and efforts.

Table 1: Defining relevant markets and assessing market power in the digital economy

Potential difficulties

  • How to define the relevant markets, especially two/multi-sided platforms and zero-price products/services.
  • How to…

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