How Proposed UK Digital Competition Regime Could Apply to Platforms and News Publishers
Callum Miller Digital Markets Unit, The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) & The Office of Communications & Ali-Abbas Ali Ofcom, UK
Dear Friends,
Last week, we finally met with Callum Miller (CMA) and Ali-Abbas Ali (Ofcom) for a remarkable talk on the proposed UK code of conduct governing the relationship between digital platforms and content providers.
They guided us through the advice paper jointly published by their respective authorities and added noteworthy insights to it.
In general, the code of conduct aims to control the impact of large platforms with an SMS by guaranteeing that they cannot improperly utilise this position of strategic advantage to stifle or obstruct competition between users of the SMS firm's services.
According to the advice report, an enforceable code of conduct where the DMU can set requirements would be successful in securing fair compensation for the use of publishers’ content by:
- addressing concerns about the transparency of algorithms;
- granting publishers appropriate control over the presentation and branding of their content;
- promoting improved practises in the sharing of user data between publishers and those platforms that host their content; and
- providing a framework for the determination of fair financial terms for publishers’ content.
For more details, information, and nuance, we have uploaded the event video recordings of the event here and here.
Until next time,
Claudio