[Turing-Southampton] Turing Invitation to contribute: consultation response re. online platforms and digital advertising

[Susan Davies]

Dear all



The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published an initial draft of their Online Platforms and Digital Advertising market study<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fmedia%2F5dfa0580ed915d0933009761%2FInterim_report.pdf&data=01%7C01%7C%7Ca7a8e257acc54343e55208d797fce369%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&sdata=zlkqKwaCdOygL%2FX598jQARZtBJt3wyx9BJqpypQtwGE%3D&reserved=0>. The study mainly focuses on Google and Facebook and proposes a range of potential interventions to limit these companies' market power, including:

  *   A code of conduct to govern the behaviour of platforms with market power;
  *   Rules to give consumers greater control over their data; and
  *   Interventions to address the sources of the market power of Google and Facebook
The CMA is inviting comments on the report, and the Turing's Public Policy Programme will submit an official response. They would like to include the views of as many researchers as possible from the Turing community.

The CMA's report is available at this link<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fmedia%2F5dfa0580ed915d0933009761%2FInterim_report.pdf&data=01%7C01%7C%7Ca7a8e257acc54343e55208d797fce369%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&sdata=zlkqKwaCdOygL%2FX598jQARZtBJt3wyx9BJqpypQtwGE%3D&reserved=0>. The CMA did not set specific questions to guide the public consultation, but they are particularly interested in views on the interventions that they are considering. These are summarised on pages 22 through 26 of the report.

The Turing welcomes any contributions from the Turing's research community -- whether they are on the report as a whole or the interventions proposed. They encourage researchers to ensure that submissions are written in an accessible manner with a clearly defined contribution. As a previous example of a coordinated consultation response from the Institute's Public Policy Programme, please read the response to the DCMS and Home Office consultation on the Online Harms White Paper<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.turing.ac.uk%2Fresearch%2Fpublications%2Fdcms-and-home-office-consultation-online-harms-white-paper&data=01%7C01%7C%7Ca7a8e257acc54343e55208d797fce369%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&sdata=OJcQYGZQewFpzo2W%2F9gfhRc8ISLW3RJNyviXUDH5x2w%3D&reserved=0>.

Researchers should send their submissions by Friday, 24 January 2020, to Cosmina Dorobantu (cdorobantu at turing.ac.uk<mailto:bvidgen at turing.ac.uk>).

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Cosmina (Deputy Director and Policy Fellow, Public Policy Programme).

Best wishes

Susan
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Susan Davies
Coordination Manager, Web Science Institute<https://www.southampton.ac.uk/wsi/index.page?>
University Liaison Manager, The Alan Turing Institute<https://www.southampton.ac.uk/wsi/alan-turing-institute/alan-turing-institute.page>
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