Facebook and Bundeskartellamt’s Winter of Discontent
Competition Policy International, 2019
5 Pages Posted: 15 Oct 2019
Date Written: September 24, 2019
Abstract
After a three-year investigation, the German Facebook saga is not over yet. As in the well-known TV series, “winter is coming” for the Bundeskartellamt (FCO). On August 26, 2019, the Higher Regional Court (OLG) of Düsseldorf suspended the FCO’s landmark Facebook decision, expressing “serious doubts” about its legal basis. According to the OLG, the decision lacks “meaningful findings” and relies on unconvincing arguments that are “without substance” and “meaningless.”
Keywords: Antitrust, Privacy, Big data, Facebook, Bundeskartellamt, Data policy
JEL Classification: D83, K21, L12, L4
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