Bring back fin-syn? Washington should skip the rerun. @raylehmann on how overlapping mandates could limit funding for shows viewers most want. 🔗⬇️

Firefox’s EU mobile browsing share rose an estimated 23%–37% relative to comparison countries. Starting at about 1%, those gains amount to just 0.2–0.4 percentage points. ICYMI, @ericfruits & @AuerDirk on the DMA’s browser-choice screens. ⬇️

Predictions that AI could drive humanity to extinction were once dismissed as absurd. Now they make front-page news, often from the developers themselves. Onyeka Aralu on why doomsday warnings matter in court, and how liability could strengthen incentives for safety. 🔗 ⬇️

On Oct. 15, @laz_radic joins @ieGovernance’s Tech Foresight Summit in Madrid to discuss how the DMA changes the state’s role in digital markets. The discussion examines what the change means for innovation and competition, and when intervention is justified. ⬇️

Our Nov. 2 conference in Brussels, “The Future of EU Competition Law: Regulating at Machine Speed?,” will bring together competition officials, practitioners, and scholars to discuss merger control, Article 102, and the DMA as AI markets develop. Registration ⬇️

The European Commission credits DMA choice screens with a browser “surge.” Safari, Chrome & Samsung Internet kept about 95% of EU mobile page views. The estimated effect was a loss of 0.17 percentage points, statistically indistinguishable from zero. @ericfruits & @AuerDirk ⬇️

The proposed EU KIDS Act would extend age checks to adults. A 2025 breach at Discord’s support vendor potentially exposed about 70,000 users’ government-ID photos used for age-related appeals. ICYMI, @MBarczentewicz & Sabrina Pekarovic at TOTM. 🔗⬇️

Vietnam’s draft competition decree removes forced restructuring, but its new abuse provisions could deter self-preferencing that lowers costs and improves quality. @geoffmanne, @AuerDirk & @laz_radic recommend weighing efficiencies and calibrating fines to proven harm. 🔗⬇️

Taiwan’s FTC favors assessing AI competition case by case. ICYMI, @geoffmanne & @laz_radic support its evidence-based approach and recommend defining markets by how users would switch among integrated services, separate tools, or non-AI products. 🔗⬇️

Illinois’ tax-and-tip interchange exemption could leave smaller merchants spending more on system upgrades or rebate claims than they save in fees. The proposed Visa-Mastercard settlement would further shrink those savings. ICYMI: @Julian_Morris’s issue brief. 🔗⬇️

AI consolidation can occur through partnerships and “acquihires” that differ from familiar merger structures. On Nov. 2 in Brussels, ICLE and ULiège will discuss when merger control should reach them and how Article 102 and the DMA apply as markets develop. ⬇️

Market concentration does not necessarily signal weak competition, and a high market share does not automatically establish dominance. @MZunigaP discusses digital markets, banking and market power with Gerardo Guzman on “Juiciosos.” Listen ⬇️

New! What can history teach us about the principles of law and economics? Short video breakdowns from @LawEconCenter Chief Economist @BrianCAlbrecht and his very small microphone.