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Why is Meta offering cheaper and simpler "pay or consent" in the UK?
Meta announced today the introduction of a cheaper and simpler than in the EU version of “pay or consent” (subscription for no ads) for Facebook and…
Sep 26
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Mikołaj Barczentewicz
Apple’s new DMA criticism, EU-only feature delays, and what’s next
Apple has issued a sharply critical statement regarding the impact of the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA) and its impact on Apple products in the EU.
Sep 25
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Mikołaj Barczentewicz
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Debating the EU "pay or consent" decision against Meta
In a new webinar convened by Oles Andriychuk (University of Exeter), I debated two competition law scholars (Simonetta Vezzoso, University of Trento…
Sep 2
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Mikołaj Barczentewicz
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July 2025
The Washington Effect: will the Brussels bureaucracy bend?
Much has been said about the so-called “Brussels Effect”—that is, the European Union’s animating conceit that its mission is to make rules for the…
Jul 31
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Mikołaj Barczentewicz
EU DMA workshops: Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft
Over the past two weeks, the European Commission held a second round of public workshops with the designated "gatekeeper" companies Alphabet, Amazon…
Jul 8
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Mikołaj Barczentewicz
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June 2025
Discussing the European Commission's Meta (“pay or consent”) decision with Eric Seufert
Today, I joined Eric Seufert for my seventh (!) appearance on the Mobile Dev Memo podcast[1] to discuss the European Commission's April decision on…
Jun 25
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Mikołaj Barczentewicz
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How will the EU DMA “pay or consent” decision impact Meta’s business?
The European Commission published the text of its April Decision on Meta’s “pay or consent” scheme as implemented until November 2024.
Jun 19
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Mikołaj Barczentewicz
Trustworthy privacy for AI: Apple's and Meta's TEEs
Ben Thompson argues that Apple should "make its models – both local and in Private Cloud Compute – fully accessible to developers to make whatever they…
Jun 1
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Mikołaj Barczentewicz
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May 2025
Meta is about to start AI training on public EU user data—what will the GDPR authorities do?
On 27 May, Meta plans to begin AI training using public EU user data from Facebook and Instagram.
May 22
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Mikołaj Barczentewicz
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A First Take on the European Commission’s DMA Decision Against Meta
The European Commission issued a significant noncompliance decision earlier today, finding the “consent or pay” model that Meta implemented from March…
May 11
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Mikołaj Barczentewicz
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Meta v EDPB and what really needs to change in the GDPR
[Note: I changed my newsletter’s address to EUTechReg.com, hoping it will be easier to remember than my difficult surname.]
May 6
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Mikołaj Barczentewicz
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April 2025
GDPR reform: what should it achieve
It looks like GDPR reform, touching both its enforcement and its substantive rules, may be happening.
Apr 1
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Mikołaj Barczentewicz
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