Ian Brown 👨🏻💻<p>Queen's College, Cambridge pres. Mohamed El-Erian calls in for "placing <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23innovation" target="_blank">#innovation</a> policy more firmly at the centre of an even more aggressive and frontloaded growth strategy." <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23CMA" target="_blank">#CMA</a> needs to loudly make the case this should include strong <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23antitrust" target="_blank">#antitrust</a> & <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23DMCCA" target="_blank">#DMCCA</a> enforcement! <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/cbfe1429-de80-4677-bc58-e6d470328ee9" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.ft.com/content/cbfe...</a><br><br><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/cbfe1429-de80-4677-bc58-e6d470328ee9" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Subscribe to read</a></p>
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Ian Brown 👨🏻💻<p>Queen's College, Cambridge pres. Mohamed El-Erian calls in for "placing <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>innovation</span></a> policy more firmly at the centre of an even more aggressive and frontloaded growth strategy." <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/CMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CMA</span></a> needs to loudly make the case this should include strong <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>antitrust</span></a> & <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMCCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DMCCA</span></a> enforcement! <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/cbfe1429-de80-4677-bc58-e6d470328ee9" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ft.com/content/cbfe1429-de80-4</span><span class="invisible">677-bc58-e6d470328ee9</span></a></p>
Ian Brown 👨🏻💻<p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Threads</span></a> "reached 100m sign-ups faster than any other app in history, which you can partly attribute to its linkage to <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Instagram</span></a> and streamlined profile creation via your IG info. But even so, it’ll go down as a record either way, while Threads also reached 100m active users in just a few months." <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/interoperability" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>interoperability</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DMA</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMCCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DMCCA</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/SelfPreferencing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SelfPreferencing</span></a> </p><p>From: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://indieweb.social/@tchambers" class="u-url mention">@<span>tchambers</span></a></span> <br /><a href="https://indieweb.social/@tchambers/114811908883686443" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">indieweb.social/@tchambers/114</span><span class="invisible">811908883686443</span></a></p>
Ian Brown 👨🏻💻<p>If former <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Amazon" target="_blank">#Amazon</a> executive Doug <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Gurr" target="_blank">#Gurr</a> is being pushed out of the Alan <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Turing" target="_blank">#Turing</a> Institute for incompetent leadership, what is he still doing chairing the UK Competition & Markets Authority, where he has a GIGANTIC conflict of interest? <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23CMA" target="_blank">#CMA</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23DMCCA" target="_blank">#DMCCA</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/04/minister-demands-overhaul-of-uks-leading-ai-institute-alan-turing" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.theguardian.com/technology/2...</a><br><br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/04/minister-demands-overhaul-of-uks-leading-ai-institute-alan-turing" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Minister demands overhaul of U...</a></p>
Ian Brown 👨🏻💻<p>If former <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Amazon</span></a> executive Doug <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Gurr" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gurr</span></a> is being pushed out of the Alan <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Turing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Turing</span></a> Institute for incompetent leadership, what is he still doing chairing the UK Competition & Markets Authority, where he has a GIGANTIC conflict of interest? <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/CMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CMA</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMCCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DMCCA</span></a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/04/minister-demands-overhaul-of-uks-leading-ai-institute-alan-turing" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">5/jul/04/minister-demands-overhaul-of-uks-leading-ai-institute-alan-turing</span></a></p>
Ian Brown 👨🏻💻<p>Looking forward v much to our discussion this morning at the UK's Competition & Markets Authority on <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/interoperability" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>interoperability</span></a>: lessons (for the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMCCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DMCCA</span></a>) from <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/telecoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>telecoms</span></a> regulation! </p><p>Tim Cowen (Preiskell & Co. antitrust chair) and Prof. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/chrismarsden.bsky.social" class="u-url mention">@<span>chrismarsden.bsky.social</span></a></span> are both world authorities on this topic 👀 And we have a surprise guest to talk about payments & water regulation lessons!</p><p>Here are my background slides <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1SBE2-MOzPn5wvsL7XhYqfmGEbJ7W1FvV6frq5VeXlL8/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/presentation/d</span><span class="invisible">/1SBE2-MOzPn5wvsL7XhYqfmGEbJ7W1FvV6frq5VeXlL8/edit?usp=sharing</span></a></p>
Ian Brown 👨🏻💻<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> 2. Other jurisdictions with or contemplating similar laws (eg UK <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMCCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DMCCA</span></a>, Brazil, Australia, India, Thailand..many others) will not make the same mistake with their precise legal texts. </p><p>3. All these countries consider trade agreement provisions which ensure the benefits of such ex ante regulation extend to businesses in ALL of their jurisdictions, in order to build the necessary potential customer base for software and services using these provisions</p>
Ian Brown 👨🏻💻<p>Fact-check: ✅ <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Instagram" target="_blank">#Instagram</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Threads" target="_blank">#Threads</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23SSNDQ" target="_blank">#SSNDQ</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23DMA" target="_blank">#DMA</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23DMCCA" target="_blank">#DMCCA</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23interoperability" target="_blank">#interoperability</a><span class="quote-inline"><br><br>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:esmiuxk53vmsllayghrq676w/post/3lsw7wtbptc26" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:esmiuxk53vmsllayghrq676w/post/3lsw7wtbptc26</a></span></p>
Ian Brown 👨🏻💻<p>Bet the same pressure is being put on the UK re its similar <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23DMCCA" target="_blank">#DMCCA</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23DMA" target="_blank">#DMA</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nicholashirstmlex_exclusive-us-eu-near-deal-on-nontariff-activity-7342787176230776832-4tMu" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/posts/nichol...</a><br><br><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nicholashirstmlex_exclusive-us-eu-near-deal-on-nontariff-activity-7342787176230776832-4tMu" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">*The EU's year-old Digital Mar...</a></p>
Ian Brown 👨🏻💻<p>Bet the same pressure is being put on the UK re its similar <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMCCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DMCCA</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DMA</span></a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nicholashirstmlex_exclusive-us-eu-near-deal-on-nontariff-activity-7342787176230776832-4tMu" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">linkedin.com/posts/nicholashir</span><span class="invisible">stmlex_exclusive-us-eu-near-deal-on-nontariff-activity-7342787176230776832-4tMu</span></a></p>
Ian Brown 👨🏻💻<p>Including legally mandated <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/interoperability" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>interoperability</span></a> for dominant closed platforms! <br /><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DMA</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMCCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DMCCA</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/ACCESS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ACCESS</span></a> 😉<br />From: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@quillmatiq" class="u-url mention">@<span>quillmatiq</span></a></span> <br /><a href="https://mastodon.social/@quillmatiq/114677641704589559" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@quillmatiq/11</span><span class="invisible">4677641704589559</span></a></p>
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