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<p>Dear all<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="color:#201F1E">The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published an initial draft of their
<a href="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" originalsrc="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5dfa0580ed915d0933009761/Interim_report.pdf" shash="RoXl+pSaE8t/OOGLN0jzSxhrCCMHwDffFVrJlyM1aA+7hRCH7kZ6wSVFPUJ5tp9DG1ncbVM48U+xUV4byHoXYcm3WmJKoEag9law78nDTaC+DkyWpMCvFNdzfPg2xbryXvJXz2oGOy4PKmE9fVXmOZ1X9dYLgRxfaQK7sH9L/7A=">
Online Platforms and Digital Advertising market study</a>. The study mainly focuses on Google and Facebook and proposes a range of potential interventions to limit these companies' market power, including:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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A code of conduct to govern the behaviour of platforms with market power;<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Rules to give consumers greater control over their data; and<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Interventions to address the sources of the market power of Google and Facebook<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The CMA is inviting comments on the report, and the Turing's Public Policy Programme will submit an official response.
</span>They<span style="color:black"> would like to include the views of as many researchers as possible from the Turing community.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The CMA's report is available at </span>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="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" originalsrc="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5dfa0580ed915d0933009761/Interim_report.pdf" shash="RoXl+pSaE8t/OOGLN0jzSxhrCCMHwDffFVrJlyM1aA+7hRCH7kZ6wSVFPUJ5tp9DG1ncbVM48U+xUV4byHoXYcm3WmJKoEag9law78nDTaC+DkyWpMCvFNdzfPg2xbryXvJXz2oGOy4PKmE9fVXmOZ1X9dYLgRxfaQK7sH9L/7A="><span style="font-size:11.0pt">this
link</span></a></span><span style="color:black">. 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.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Turing<span style="color:black"> welcome</span>s<span style="color:black"> any contributions from the Turing's research community -- whether they are on the report as a whole or the interventions proposed. </span>They<span style="color:black">
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 <a href="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" originalsrc="https://www.turing.ac.uk/research/publications/dcms-and-home-office-consultation-online-harms-white-paper" shash="XUdrPQzHitfnn1edbEwqAqfO9PR+FAvvR715Sgq2iI7pxUBSNsVb3SgjCp/Qbrp8wu7AsmK2QX1Jvu1EkoN8osegUo/76O9rw1aWmoCygkuqJAuCG/lxKw4zvJD59YQFcgCAwv80qhv6OEfp5WRv0lD/NZQdvXOnqVZlYIEUvyc=">
DCMS and Home Office consultation on the Online Harms White Paper</a>. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><br>
</span>R<span style="color:black">esearchers </span>sh<span style="color:black">ould send their submissions by <b>Friday, 24 January 2020</b>, to Cosmina Dorobantu (</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:bvidgen@turing.ac.uk" target="_blank" title="mailto:bvidgen@turing.ac.uk"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">cdorobantu@turing.ac.uk</span></a></span><span style="color:black">). </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><br>
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</span><span style="color:black">If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to
</span>contact Cosmina (Deputy Director and Policy Fellow, Public Policy Programme)<span style="color:black">. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><br>
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</span>Best wishes<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Susan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">__________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Susan Davies<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Coordination Manager, <a href="https://www.southampton.ac.uk/wsi/index.page?">
<span style="color:#0563C1">Web Science Institute</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University Liaison Manager, <a href="https://www.southampton.ac.uk/wsi/alan-turing-institute/alan-turing-institute.page">
<span style="color:#0563C1">The Alan Turing Institute</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Room 3041, Building 32<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Web Science Institute<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Southampton<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Southampton SO17 1BJ<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">023 8059 3523 | 07768 266464<o:p></o:p></p>
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