What Are the Pro- and Anti-Competitive Claims Driving the European Commission’s Platform Policies? A Case Study Based Analysis of the European Commission’s Take on Platform Cases

European Responses to (US) Digital Platform Dominance

“…Overall, the predominant approach to European platform policy and regulation is to seek a balance between economic interests and public values using a combination of measures (Afilipoalie et al, 2019), with the German approach gaining in prominence as Germany takes up the EU presidency in mid-2020 (Tambini and Moore, 2019). Some of its policy initiatives are clearly echoed in the 'European Strategy for Data' which was announced in February 2020 (EC, 2020a).…”

The Routledge Handbook of Digital Media and Globalization

“…Overall, the predominant approach to European platform policy and regulation is to seek a balance between economic interests and public values using a combination of measures (Afilipoalie et al, 2019), with the German approach gaining in prominence as Germany takes up the EU presidency in mid-2020 (Tambini and Moore, 2019). Some of its policy initiatives are clearly echoed in the 'European Strategy for Data' which was announced in February 2020 (EC, 2020a).…”