As the year draws to a close, this episode takes us on a short stroll down memory lane, re-capping key debates and recurring themes and reliving some of the highlights and the lighter moments from the Competition Lore discussion over its first six months.

Featuring regular cut-through interviews with leading thinkers, movers and shakers, Competition Lore is a podcast series that engages us all in a debate about the transformative potential and risks of digitalised competition.

Join Caron Beaton-Wells, Professor in Competition Law at the University of Melbourne, to tackle what it means to participate as a competitor, consumer or citizen in a digital economy and society.

Competition Lore is produced by Written & Recorded.

As the year draws to a close, this episode takes us on a short stroll down memory lane, re-capping key debates and recurring themes and reliving some of the highlights and the lighter moments from the Competition Lore discussion over its first six months.
Featuring regular cut-through interviews with leading thinkers, movers and shakers, <a href="https://competitionlore.com/">Competition Lore</a> is a podcast series that engages us all in a debate about the transformative potential and risks of digitalised competition.
Join <a href="https://competitionlore.com/about/">Caron Beaton-Wells</a>, Professor in Competition Law at the University of Melbourne, to tackle what it means to participate as a competitor, consumer or citizen in a digital economy and society.
<a href="https://competitionlore.com/">Competition Lore</a> is produced by <a href="https://writtenandrecorded.com/">Written &amp; Recorded</a>.

Competition in a digital economy is a new frontier.

Featuring regular cut-through interviews with leading thinkers, movers and shakers, Competition Lore is a podcast series that engages us all in a debate about the transformative potential and risks of digitalised competition.

Join Caron Beaton-Wells, Professor in Competition Law at the University of Melbourne, to tackle what it means to participate as a competitor, consumer or citizen in a digital economy and society.

Competition Lore is produced by Written & Recorded.

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Re-capping key debates and recurring themes and reliving some of the highlights and the lighter moments from the Competition Lore discussion over its first six months.

2018 Competition Lore Highlights

If we regulate to protect privacy, do we risk competition? If we regulate to strengthen competition, do we risk innovation? If we regulate to exclude harmful content, do we risk free speech?

Over-simplified perhaps, but these are in essence some of the hard questions in tech policy right now, and grappling with such questions from within a tech company must be one of the most challenging jobs there is.

In this episode we are joined by Matt Perault, former head of global policy development at Facebook. Matt has looked the challenges squarely in the eye and shares with us how the social network giant has been dealing with them, together with his thoughts on how interactions between stakeholders can affect policy outcomes, for better or worse. It’s a rich and wide ranging conversation that you won’t want to miss. 

Matt has now taken on the role as Director of a Center for Science and Technology Policy at Duke University. The Center will act as an interdisciplinary hub for science and technology policy research and bring together stakeholders from the tech industry, government and academia to exchange insights and perspectives on policy development.

Here are some of items on which we touched in the episode: Mark Zuckerberg’s recent speech at Georgetown University, Facebook’s Statement on a Privacy-Focused Vision for Social Networking and its White Paper on Data Portability.

You can read a recent Opinion piece by Matt in the New York Times here.  His Center is launching a podcast on tech policy, TechKnowledgey, so be sure to take a listen.

Featuring regular cut-through interviews with leading thinkers, movers and shakers, Competition Lore is a podcast series that engages us all in a debate about the transformative potential and risks of digitalised competition.

Join Caron Beaton-Wells, Professor in Competition Law at the University of Melbourne, to tackle what it means to participate as a competitor, consumer or citizen in a digital economy and society.

Competition Lore is produced by Written & Recorded.

If we regulate to protect privacy, do we risk competition? If we regulate to strengthen competition, do we risk innovation? If we regulate to exclude harmful content, do we risk free speech?
Over-simplified perhaps, but these are in essence some of the hard questions in tech policy right now, and grappling with such questions from within a tech company must be one of the most challenging jobs there is.
In this episode we are joined by Matt Perault, former head of global policy development at Facebook. Matt has looked the challenges squarely in the eye and shares with us how the social network giant has been dealing with them, together with his thoughts on how interactions between stakeholders can affect policy outcomes, for better or worse. It&rsquo;s a rich and wide ranging conversation that you won&rsquo;t want to miss.&nbsp;
Matt has now taken on the role as Director of a <a href="https://scienceandsociety.duke.edu/engage/duke-center-for-science-and-technology-policy/">Center for Science and Technology Policy</a> at Duke University. The Center will act as an interdisciplinary hub for science and technology policy research and bring together stakeholders from the tech industry, government and academia to exchange insights and perspectives on policy development.
Here are some of items on which we touched in the episode: Mark Zuckerberg&rsquo;s recent <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MTpd7YOnyU">speech</a> at Georgetown University, Facebook&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.facebook.com/notes/mark-zuckerberg/a-privacy-focused-vision-for-social-networking/10156700570096634/">Statement</a> on a Privacy-Focused Vision for Social Networking and its <a href="https://fbnewsroomus.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/data-portability-privacy-white-paper.pdf">White Paper</a> on Data Portability.
You can read a recent Opinion piece by Matt in the New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/16/opinion/twitter-facebook-political-ads.html">here</a>.&nbsp; His Center is launching a podcast on tech policy, TechKnowledgey, so be sure to take a <a href="https://scienceandsociety.duke.edu/techknowledgey-pod/">listen</a>.
Featuring regular cut-through interviews with leading thinkers, movers and shakers, <a href="https://competitionlore.com/">Competition Lore</a> is a podcast series that engages us all in a debate about the transformative potential and risks of digitalised competition.
Join <a href="https://competitionlore.com/about/">Caron Beaton-Wells</a>, Professor in Competition Law at the University of Melbourne, to tackle what it means to participate as a competitor, consumer or citizen in a digital economy and society.
<a href="https://competitionlore.com/">Competition Lore</a> is produced by <a href="https://writtenandrecorded.com/">Written &amp; Recorded</a>.

In this episode we are joined by Matt Perault, former Director of Public Policy at Facebook. Matt has looked the challenges squarely in the eye and shares with us how the social network giant has been dealing with them, together with his thoughts on how interactions between stakeholders can affect policy outcomes, for better or worse. It’s a rich and wide ranging conversation that you won’t want to miss.

Developing policy at Facebook?

Across developing countries, connectivity through internet access and use, particularly on mobile devices, has vastly improved over the last decade. In large part this is due to the efforts of Big Tech and their strategies of reaching “the next billion users”.  As welcome as such efforts may be, there are risks also for competition as a key driver of economic development and growth. So how have governments and competition authorities in developing countries been responding?

In this episode we are joined by Shilpi Battacharya, Associate Professor at Jindal Global University, and Ujjwal Kumar, Policy Advisor at Consumer Unity and Trust Society. We discuss developments in India, a country where the authorities have been on the front foot in grappling with the issues and, as you’ll hear, the responses and outcomes to date have been mixed.

Some of the discussion refers to a recent BRICs report on digital era competition.  You can find the report here.

Featuring regular cut-through interviews with leading thinkers, movers and shakers, Competition Lore is a podcast series that engages us all in a debate about the transformative potential and risks of digitalised competition.

Join Caron Beaton-Wells, Professor in Competition Law at the University of Melbourne, to tackle what it means to participate as a competitor, consumer or citizen in a digital economy and society.

Competition Lore is produced by Written & Recorded

Across developing countries, connectivity through internet access and use, particularly on mobile devices, has vastly improved over the last decade. In large part this is due to the efforts of Big Tech and their strategies of reaching &ldquo;the next billion users&rdquo;. &nbsp;As welcome as such efforts may be, there are risks also for competition as a key driver of economic development and growth. So how have governments and competition authorities in developing countries been responding?
In this episode we are joined by <a href="http://www.jgls.edu.in/shilpi-bhattacharya/">Shilpi Battacharya</a>, Associate Professor at Jindal Global University, and Ujjwal Kumar, Policy Advisor at <a href="http://cuts-international.org/">Consumer Unity and Trust Society</a>. We discuss developments in India, a country where the authorities have been on the front foot in grappling with the issues and, as you&rsquo;ll hear, the responses and outcomes to date have been mixed.
Some of the discussion refers to a recent BRICs report on digital era competition.&nbsp; You can find the report <a href="http://www.bricscompetition.org/materials/news/digital-era-competition-brics-report/">here</a>.
Featuring regular cut-through interviews with leading thinkers, movers and shakers, <a href="https://competitionlore.com/">Competition Lore</a> is a podcast series that engages us all in a debate about the transformative potential and risks of digitalised competition.
Join <a href="https://competitionlore.com/about/">Caron Beaton-Wells</a>, Professor in Competition Law at the University of Melbourne, to tackle what it means to participate as a competitor, consumer or citizen in a digital economy and society.
<a href="https://competitionlore.com/">Competition Lore</a> is produced by <a href="https://writtenandrecorded.com/">Written &amp; Recorded</a>

Shilpi Battacharya, Associate Professor at Jindal Global University, and Ujwal Kumar, Policy Advisor at Consumer Unity and Trust Society discuss competition law developments in India.

Doing Digital in India?

There wouldn’t be too many more prized, and pressured, jobs than as Chief Economist at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition, and particularly in recent years when DG Comp has been at the vanguard of developments in antitrust enforcement against Big Tech.

Professor Tommaso Valletti has just completed his three year term as DG Comp’s Chief Economist and has much to share about his experience.  In this episode we canvas what it’s like being in the “Brussels bubble”, working with Margrethe Vestager, why he has called himself “Professor Lipstick”, academic capture by Big Tech, charges of political interference in EU competition law enforcement, what the next chapter for DG Comp is likely to hold and much more.

Tommaso is also well-known for his tweets and you can follow him on Twitter @TomValletti and/or read his academic work here.

Featuring regular cut-through interviews with leading thinkers, movers and shakers, Competition Loreis a podcast series that engages us all in a debate about the transformative potential and risks of digitalised competition.

Join Caron Beaton-Wells, Professor in Competition Law at the University of Melbourne, to tackle what it means to participate as a competitor, consumer or citizen in a digital economy and society.

Competition Lore is produced by Written & Recorded

There wouldn&rsquo;t be too many more prized, and pressured, jobs than as Chief Economist at the European Commission&rsquo;s Directorate-General for Competition, and particularly in recent years when DG Comp has been at the vanguard of developments in antitrust enforcement against Big Tech.
<a href="https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/t.valletti">Professor Tommaso Valletti</a> has just completed his three year term as DG Comp&rsquo;s Chief Economist and has much to share about his experience.&nbsp; In this episode we canvas what it&rsquo;s like being in the &ldquo;Brussels bubble&rdquo;, working with Margrethe Vestager, why he has called himself &ldquo;Professor Lipstick&rdquo;, academic capture by Big Tech, charges of political interference in EU competition law enforcement, what the next chapter for DG Comp is likely to hold and much more.
Tommaso is also well-known for his tweets and you can follow him on Twitter @TomValletti and/or read his academic work <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=122208">here</a>.
Featuring regular cut-through interviews with leading thinkers, movers and shakers, <a href="https://competitionlore.com/">Competition Lore</a> is a podcast series that engages us all in a debate about the transformative potential and risks of digitalised competition.
Join <a href="https://competitionlore.com/about/">Caron Beaton-Wells</a>, Professor in Competition Law at the University of Melbourne, to tackle what it means to participate as a competitor, consumer or citizen in a digital economy and society.
<a href="https://competitionlore.com/">Competition Lore</a> is produced by <a href="https://writtenandrecorded.com/">Written &amp; Recorded</a>

Professor Tommaso Valletti has just completed his three year term as DG Comp’s Chief Economist and has much to share about his experience.

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