Mark Naples and I started our respective businesses a little over 20 years ago and have regularly compared notes on how to grow and stay relevant in the digital media space. We come at this from a diff perspective, but found ourselves in the same room as industry self-reg was taking off.

Is the Global Privacy Control anti-competitive? Given all we've learned over the last ten years about the economics of browsers, it is huge mistake to require the marketplace to support these signals without setting up competitive guard rails. monopoly-report.com/p/are-gpc-si...

I don't like the term "surveillance advertising" but it becomes way more difficult to push back on such terms when there are companies in our industry who are helping the U.S. government surveil. @monopolyreport.bsky.social podcast with Allison Schiff from @adexchanger.com. tinyurl.com/3hsdk79w

Poor DSAR response processes & misconfigured CMPs pose two of the biggest regulatory risks for digital media companies right now - particularly adtechs. It's a shame given that both are fairly easy to fix. monopoly-report.com/p/the-dilemm...

Regulatory Question of the Week. Are all adtech companies joint controllers of EU personal data?

Looking forward to taking over the main stage this morning at Marketecture Live. I'll be doing a fireside chat with FTC Commissioner Mark Meador to get his take on the future of industry self regulation, the viability of cookie opt out tools and the current trajectory of AI use in the ads space.

The move to agentic will change the data business in ways that very few around here have grappled with. On this week's @monopolyreport.bsky.social, I evaluate "compliance inputs" - tools which can be used as part of agentic frameworks to assess data vendors. tinyurl.com/32ccyww9

Per Wendy Davis: "Virginia's unanimously passed a bill banning the sale of precise location data. What's the next domino to fall? How many years does the precise location data space have at this point? Can some of the 40 Cali registered data brokers pivot? www.mediapost.com/publications...

My regulatory question of the week. Lots of intimate data being input into AI chatbots. What happens to that data AFTER input? OpenAI is promising that it won't be used over time to create profiles for advertising. But having it used for advertising might be the least of your concerns....

Here are some regulatory questions for the week of Feb 16. Pls share your answers. chapellreport.substack.com

AI Content Marketplaces are a great idea... if only we could get Google, OpenAI and the rest of the AI companies to consistently pay for the content they are taking. The question is.... HOW? I have a few thoughts on this week's @monopolyreport.bsky.social monopoly-report.com/p/ai-content...

The February edition of the Chapell Regulatory Insider just dropped. Click the link to sign up for a free trial subscription. chapellreport.substack.com

Professor @jmiers230.bsky.social joined me on @monopolyreport.bsky.social pod to discuss some of the challenges around age verification. In this clip, Jess breaks down a supreme court decision which under-appreciated the "friction" that age verification measures create for adults.

Here are my regulatory questions of the week beginning Feb 9. Please leave your answers in the comments. The February edition of the Chapell Regulatory Insider will be out next week. Sign up below to get a free trial - chapellreport.substack.com

I'm looking for a podcast guest who can speak to the public policy, legal and power dynamics taking place as Governments across the globe are trying to grapple with Grok's enablement and generation of sexualized images. Pls DM me.

What are the goals of CalPrivacy - California's privacy regulator? What are they looking to accomplish in 2026? @tomkemp00.bsky.social of CalPrivacy was kind enough to join me on @monopolyreport.bsky.social podcast this week - and I wrote a side-car article at monopoly-report.com/p/ccpa-vs-bi...

Regulatory questions of the week.

Thanks! @brendanbenedict.bsky.social did a great job!!

Google is currently facing FOURTEEN private antitrust lawsuits re: its ad tech business. If you have an informed take re: the merits and/or strategy behind any of these suits, pls PM me. @monopolyreport.bsky.social pod

EU Court of Justice in Russmedia surfaced a semi-hidden tension between the GDPR and e-commerce directive. @daphnek.bsky.social joins me on this week's @monopolyreport.bsky.social podcast to break it all down. Here is an overview of the goal of intermediary liability provisions. tinyurl.com/yjspkcs9

Privacy (or lack thereof) is starting to get in the way of exits for ad tech founders. This week's @monopolyreport.bsky.social newsletter. monopoly-report.com/p/it-s-time-...

❤️The Chapell Report. It really is chockful o' detailed info about goings-on in the tech world from legal/biz POV, and Alan's insights too chapellreport.substack.com/welcome

One more post from my interview with Peter Craddock where I share my high level view on the EU Digital Omnibus for @monopolyreport.bsky.social podcast. www.monopolyreportpod.com/episode-58-t...

EU data protection guru Peter Craddock provides an insightful take on the EU Digital Omnibus proposal - suggesting that it signals a new era of privacy pragmatism in Europe. More perspectives are welcome on @monopolyreport.bsky.social.

The big tech regulatory flywheel. Pls check out my latest Substack. chapell.substack.com/p/the-big-te...

The big tech regulatory flywheel. Pls check out my latest Substack. chapell.substack.com/p/the-big-te...

@gzf.bsky.social from the @futureofprivacy.bsky.social talks about Europe's role as worldwide leader when it comes to privacy and data protection...and how that role might change as a result of the EU Commission's Digital Omnibus proposal. @monopolyreport.bsky.social podcast at tinyurl.com/5fshds3w

Here's a story about the challenges around reigning in big tech as told via the lyrics of your favorite 80's hair metal band. The Big Tech Regulatory Flywheel. This week on @monopolyreport.bsky.social monopoly-report.com/p/the-flywhe...

Here's a preview of my @monopolyreport.bsky.social interview with @gzf.bsky.social where my guest shares a thoughtful answer to the question: What's your privacy origin story. Full interview drops on Dec 3 at www.monopolyreportpod.com

Had such a good time chatting everything data privacy laws with @achapell.bsky.social!

I asked VT Rep @mepriestley.com what a "good" state privacy law looks like - and here's her response. I wish I'd asked to what degree adtech processing falls under the category of "what consumers directly asked for..." as that implies an EU style consent requirement is coming - tinyurl.com/y6ysb5um

More thoughts on the private right of action for.privacy laws as i tease my upcoming pod interview with VT rep Monique Priestly which will be out Wed. open.substack.com/pub/chapell/...

Want to know what topics were covered in this month's Chapell Report? chapell.substack.com/p/whats-cove...

Sometimes, science is about conviction... youtu.be/RNtTylNR7ks?...

Privacy & Competition are increasingly at odds. @epicprivacy.bsky.social wrote a blog post criticizing the French Competition Authorities' position characterizing Apple ATT as anti-competitive. I invited Alan Butler on @monopolyreport.bsky.social pod to share his thoughts.... tinyurl.com/yhhfnebk

Here's one last snippet from my interview with Cory Doctorow. We started talking about the Privacy Right of Action in CIPA which pivoted into a discussion around data collection more generally. Full interview is here - tinyurl.com/3na5cb92 and pls follow @monopolyreport.bsky.social podcast for more

Here are some video highlights of my interview with Cory Doctorow for @monopolyreport.bsky.social podcast. chapell.substack.com/p/my-intervi... Next week, I welcome Alan Butler from EPIC. Can't wait!

Last year, Richy Glassberg wrote a great piece in @adexchanger.com that begin with "CTV advertising sucks" Here are my thoughts of how the CTV space collectively deals with opt-out choice. I don't think this is going away, folks. Wild West of CTV is over.. monopoly-report.com/p/ctv-needs-...

Thought I'd tease my interview with Cory Doctorow that will come out tomorrow on TMR podcast. We talk about his book Enshittification (which you should DEF buy). This segment is a charming back and forth regarding dark patterns used in the ad space. Ep here manana - www.monopolyreportpod.com

Here's some thoughts on CIPA and VPPA that were inspired by a recent discussion with Cory Doctorow for @monopolyreport.bsky.social podcast. The episode comes out this Wednesday, November 5. chapell.substack.com/p/can-anti-s...

Here's some thoughts on CIPA and VPPA that were inspired by a recent discussion with Cory Doctorow for @monopolyreport.bsky.social podcast. The episode comes out this Wednesday, November 5. chapell.substack.com/p/can-anti-s...

What the what?

Data protection and competition: Apple could remove ATT (App Tracking Transparency) in Germany www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft... via @Tagesspiegel

Everyone's moved on from the Privacy Sandbox - and lots of us are now placing our energy into agentic as we attempt to overthrow the incumbents in the ads space with a new robot army. Is there room for privacy in this new world? Have we learned from the mistakes of the past? tinyurl.com/bddht5w4

@patrickmcgee.bsky.social shares a bit about his process for writing "Apple in China". There's a lesson for us regulatory folks as we try to share BIG ideas in a way that is digestible. There's also lots of stuff about his fascinating book & Apple's stance on privacy and competition.

By 2027, browsers will be required to support GPC signals. Why only browsers - and not Mobile O/S or CTV platforms? . It's complicated.... chapell.substack.com/p/california...

By 2027 browsers will be required to support GPC signals. Google probably won't make the GPC toggle quite so prominent (as it is in my pic)... and there are lots of things taking place in the background to consider. See my substack chapell.substack.com/p/california...

On this week's @monopolyreport.bsky.social pod, we continue my discussion with former Chair of the FTC, Jon Leibowitz. In this clip, we talk about where to set the bar in terms of privacy rules - where we make the point that having FEW rules or TOO STRINGENT rules tends to favor big tech.

Antitrust law is increasingly less likely to save publishers. And all due respect to wikiHow, Google's not going to save them either.... So what will help? Collective Action and Technical Solutions. Cloudflare's scarecrow may be part of the solution. monopoly-report.com/p/publishers...

I asked former FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz about how the Commission viewed Google's acquisition of DoubleClick back in 2008 - what he shared was eye opening to say the least! Check out @monopolyreport.bsky.social podcast! www.monopolyreportpod.com/episode-49-p...