Regulating Platform Power 2600-MSz2RPPen
This course examines the challenges and opportunities of regulating online platforms, which are increasingly influential actors in the digital economy and society. The course will explore the concept of platform power, its sources, manifestations, and implications for competition, innovation and privacy. The course will also analyze the existing and proposed legal and regulatory frameworks for addressing platform power, such as competition law, economic regulation, data protection, and human rights law. The course will adopt a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective, drawing on examples and cases from different jurisdictions and sectors.
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Learning outcomes
Course objectives: By the end of this course, students will be able to:
• Define and critically assess the concept of platform power and its dimensions
• Identify and evaluate the sources and drivers of platform power in the digital economy and society
• Analyze and compare the impacts and challenges of platform power for various stakeholders and interests
• Understand and apply the main legal and regulatory approaches and instruments for regulating platform power
• Develop and propose solutions and recommendations for addressing platform power in a balanced and effective manner
Assessment criteria
Course credit will consist of:
- attendance in class and active participation (60%)
- writing an essay on a topic assigned in class (40%)
Bibliography
Bostoen F and Petit N, ‘Platforms’ Treacherous Turn’ (1 December 2023)
Colomo PI, The New EU Competition Law (Hart Publishing 2023) [Chapters 5 & 8]
Deutscher E, ‘Google Shopping and the Quest for a Legal Test for Self-Preferencing Under Article 102 TFEU’ (2022) 2021 6 European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration 1345
Filistrucchi L and others, ‘Maket Definition in Two-sided Markets: Theory and Practice’ (2014) 10 Journal of Competition Law & Economics 293
Hoffmann J, Herrmann L and Kestler L, ‘Gatekeeper’s Potential Privilege—the Need to Limit DMA Centralization’ [2023] Journal of Antitrust Enforcement jnad040
Martínez AR, ‘The DMA’s Ithaca: Contestable and Fair Markets’ (2023) 46 World Competition Law and Economics Review
Waerdt PJ van de, ‘Meta v Bundeskartellamt: Something Old, Something New’ (2024) 2023 8 European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration 1077
Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 11 January 2024 Case C-48/22 P Google Shopping ECLI:EU:C:2024:14
Bibliography can be updated during the course.
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