Roundtable Discussion: “Should GAFAM Be Regulated, and If So, How?”

The video conference is available on YouTube and on the Midi Libre website.

As part of the “Rendez-vous de l’Éco” series, the Faculty of Economics at the University of Montpellier I-SITE MUSE, in partnership with Midi Libre, is organizing the March 23, 2021 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. a discussion on the topic: “ "Should GAFAM be regulated, and if so, how?"

Roundtable discussion moderated by Olivier Biscaye, Editor-in-Chief of Midi Libre.

Speakers:

•  Vincent Bonneau, Scientific Director at IDATE;
•  Winston Maxwell, Professor at Telecom ParisTech;
•  Benoit Tabaka, Director of Public Affairs, Google France;
•  Joëlle Toledano, Professor of Economics at Paris-Dauphine University.

Over the past 20 years, the growth of the Internet has been accompanied by the rise of a small number of players who appear to control—or even hinder—the ongoing process of innovation driving the digital transformation of our economies and societies. Although these platforms have strong arguments to demonstrate their success to the public and their usefulness in facilitating market access for many businesses, their rapid growth raises numerous questions:

What’s new regarding the dominant positions of major platforms? Why does regulation seem necessary? What options are available to regulators (ex ante/ex post interventions, merger control, breakup, interoperability requirements, algorithm transparency, etc.)? What are the connections between data collection and monetization, abuse of dominant market positions, privacy protection, the fight against fake news, etc.? How are these issues being debated on both sides of the Atlantic, and how do they resonate in China?

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