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...

If you want to better understand WHY digital media is in this state, take a look at the period from 2004 to 2013 --- from Google's IPO to its acquisitions of DLCK, Admeld & Invite to the intitial antitrust investigation by the FTC that didn't bear fruit. www.monopolyreportpod.com/episode-49-p...

We interrupt today's (great) coverage of the Google trial with some developments in Europe - as the EU Commission looks to revisit certain consent requirements for digital media. We need to go further & re-think other vestiges of last era (e.g., icons on ads). chapell.substack.com/p/is-the-eu-...

More thoughts on Google's recent proposed court settlement that brings the RTB Control.... all in the name of privacy. Why deceptively simple privacy tools are in fact, well... deceptive. chapell.substack.com/p/rtb-contro...

How do we fix digital media in the EU? In my view, the answer to that question should include experimentation. I was honored to have a thoughtful discussion with @tobiasjudin.bsky.social of Norway's data protection regulator (the Datatilsynet). Norway is considering a ban on behavioral ads.

Whether my phone is actually listening to me is kind of besides the point. Check out my latest Substack. substack.com/home/post/p-...

I wrote some stuff about Judge Mehta's decision re: Google for @monopolyreport.bsky.social . Time to admit that any post Kahn/Kanter momentum re: antitrust has dissipated. Lot's more - also, I'll be talking about the decision w/Ari Paparo on the @marketecture.tv pod this week. tinyurl.com/37xek9hs

Justin Evans is a data optimist. His new book - The Little Book of Data - offers countless examples of how data solves problems & makes the world a better place. Naturally, I wanted to have him on TMR pod to see if I could pour a bit of cold water. (: tinyurl.com/yd8a6tkc

Why I'm predicting that the U.S. Congress will pass a privacy law this September. (building off a great NY Times piece that - all due respect - buries the lede). chapell.substack.com/p/why-congre...

The Fatal Flaw in the IAB TCF open.substack.com/pub/chapell/...

Here's a clip from my interview with @swodinsky.bsky.social - talking about the role of the technology team w/in the FTC. Check out the whole @monopolyreport.bsky.social pod interview if you haven't yet. www.monopolyreportpod.com

Some in the ads space are viewing AI as the next version of adtech three-card monte. I wanted to throw a bit of cold water on that concept. newsletter focuses on the health targeting space [email protected] monopoly-report.com/p/fun-with-a...

"Populists were told the reason Obama-era enforcers wouldn’t bring cases is that judges would never accept wild theories of antitrust, even though those theories were binding precedent of older cases. It turns out that wasn’t true" www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...

ad tech has moved through several audience creation eras: (1) behavioral targeting, (2) onboarding / DMP, (3) data science. As of today, MOST of the talk about the next era - AI audience creation - is just that.... talk. I'd love it if someone could change my mind. tinyurl.com/63xckv88

One of my favorite guests, @megangray.bsky.social shares her take on the DOJ v Google remedies trial on this week's @monopolyreport.bsky.social podcast. This is an entertaining primer if you're looking to get up to speed before Judge Mehta's decision in the next few weeks. tinyurl.com/9p7xmebx

If future competition enforcers take away 1 thing from the CMA Sandbox initiative, I hope they recognize that you’re never going to get to the bottom of any competition challenge if the monopolist maintains near total control over the dialog and framing of issues monopoly-report.com/p/google-the...

After nearly a generation of pushing for them, the EU should pivot away from requiring consent banners. The entire discussion around consent in the EU is the embodiment of multiple sides intentionally talking past each other. Pls - make it stop. @monopolyreport.bsky.social tinyurl.com/mr3bzjke

Google had a run-in with the Texas AG's office. It didn't end well. I share my take on the back story as I look for clues to how this might impact the separate state antitrust trial (led by Texas) later this summer. monopoly-report.com/p/google-s-b...

"Google is the house - and the house always wins." Unpacking the proposed remedies in Google's DOJ ad tech trial. I was honestly hoping for more rules impacting the buy side, but what DOJ proposed is fairly meaty. This week's @monopolyreport.bsky.social monopoly-report.com/p/google-s-a...

Did @perplexityai.bsky.social CEO Aravind Srinivas misspeak when he talked about his plans to monetize the COMET browser by vacuuming up browsing data? Or is Mr. Srinivas simply preaching the new normal in tech - privacy and IP be damned. monopoly-report.com/p/perplexity...

Google's Cookie announcement, implications for the remedies phase of G's adtech antitrust trial, and a Lance Armstrong metaphor. This week's @monopolyreport.bsky.social newsletter. monopoly-report.com/p/remedies-t...

Some thoughts on WPP acq of Info and the implications on DCRs as a standalone and PETs as a general proposition in adtech in this week's @monopolyreport.bsky.social newsletter. Always pay attention to who's pulling the strings. monopoly-report.com/p/wpp-infosu...

Claiming that a building is now uninhabitable when you’re the one who set fire to it is certainly a choice. Google to publishers: Drop Dead. This week on the @monopolyreport.bsky.social monopoly-report.com/p/google-to-...

Claiming that a building is now uninhabitable when you’re the one who set fire to it is certainly a choice. Google to publishers: Drop Dead. This week on the @monopolyreport.bsky.social monopoly-report.com/p/google-to-...

EXCLUSIVE: Are you listening to the Future Media podcast yet? If not, you're missing out. Today, for the first time, the lawyers leading $20 billion in class actions for publishers against Google break their silence to explain their case, how to join, and how it will rewrite the digital economy...

On this week's @monopolyreport.bsky.social newsletter, I use a cartoon that nobody under 40 has heard of to draw an analogy about GDPR reform... and suggest a few reforms of my own. monopoly-report.com/p/so-they-wa...

WTF happened to measurement? "If you’re creating some new platform chock full of privacy enhancing tech that fixes all privacy or other societal ills... In my view: if I can’t measure it - and can’t audit it so that I know what’s going on beneath the hood, it shouldn’t exist.

The fact that it is so difficult to upload my music onto Spotify and so easy to upload a podcast onto Spotify tells me everything I need to know about how Spotify (and prob the world) views musicians.

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The Internet don't take kindly to broken promises. It’s not so much that @mozilla.org has broken a privacy promise. Rather, this change is a direct function of a drastic shift in both the regulatory and business environment. Check out this week's @monopolyreport.bsky.social at tinyurl.com/24e7z8y4