This section contains a list of the main regulatory tools which have recently been deployed in different countries to address the economic and legal challenges raised by digital platforms. In particular, three typologies of regulation have been taken into consideration: national / domestic laws, court decisions, antitrust authorities deliberations. |
All the regulatory measures stored in the section can be easily accessed through links which allow to read their official version. Keywords and tags are associated to each of the regulatory measures with the aim of providing a short description of their content. |
COUNTRY | DOCUMENT | TAG | |
Italy | AGCOM - Delibera 400/18/CONS | Amazon, postal services, licenses | |
France | Autorité de la concurrence | Google, dominant position abuse, ad services | |
Russia | Russian Federal Anti-Monopoly Service | Google, dominant position abuse, Android | |
Germany | Federal Court of Justice | Amazon, Ortlieb, ad services, liability, trademark | |
Germany | Higher Regional Court - Munich | Amazon, consumer protection | |
USA | 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals - Philadelphia | Amazon, liability, thrid party sellers | |
USA | Federal Trade Commission | Google, antitrust investigation, ad services | |
USA | Lawsuit against Amazon | Amazon, e-books, price fixing | |
USA | "Break 'em up" bill - 2021 | antitrust, break up, big tech | |
USA | American Innovation and Choice Online Act - 2022 | antitrust, competition | |
USA | San Francisco federal court - December 2023 | Google, dominant position abuse | |
EU | European Commission | Amazon, e-books, competition | |
EU | European Commission - Council Regulation 1/2003 | Google Search, online shopping | |
EU | European Commission | Google, ad services, dominant position abuse | |
EU | European Court of Justice | Ker-Optika, information society services, electronic commerce | |
EU | European Commission Statement of Objections | Amazon, third-party sellers, data | |
EU | Platform-to-business regulation | fairness, contracts, trading practices | |
EU | Digital Services Act | antitrust, competition | |
EU | European Council - 2021 | taxation, third-party sellers | |
EU | European Commission - Apple Statement of Objections | Apple, music streaming services, competition | |
EU | ECJ ruling on Amazon - 2021 | Amazon, Luxembourg, taxation | |
EU | EU General Court - 10 November 2021 | Google, dominant position abuse | |
EU | Court of Justice of the European Union - December 2023 | Amazon, Luxembourg, taxation | |
EU | European Commission - March 2024 | Apple, music straming apps, dominant position abuse | |
China | Antitrust fine - April 2021 | Alibaba, dominant position abuse |
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