#8 Who's Winning India's Digital Tug-of-War? A Legal Autopsy w/ Prof. Shilpi Bhattacharya

In this episode of The Binary Agora, host Alba engages with Shilpi Bhattacharya, to discuss the evolving landscape of legal tech and digital regulation, particularly in India. They explore significant recent developments in Indian competition law, focusing on two landmark cases involving app store distribution and WhatsApp's data sharing practices. The conversation delves into the implications of these cases for competition law, fairness, and the concept of ecosystems in digital markets, drawing parallels with global regulatory trends.If you're interested in following Shilpi's work: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shilpi-bhattacharya-468332148/We discussed a few cases relating to digital enforcement both in India and the EU. Skip to those moments directly (and find their references below): - 2:28, The CCI's order on the Google Play Store case relating to anti-steering, issued in 2022: https://cci.gov.in/images/pressrelease/en/pr-no-562022-231666698260.pdf.- 2:47, The Appellate Tribunal's ruling on the Google Play Store case: https://www.competitionlawyer.in/google-gets-some-relief-in-google-play-billing-case-in-appeal-nclats-reduces-penalties-and-rejects-ex-ante-regulation-by-cci/.- 9:41, Separate CCI investigation on whether Google's User Choice Billing System constitutes unfair pricing: https://www.business-standard.com/companies/news/cci-terms-google-s-new-billing-system-unfair-orders-investigation-124031501078_1.html.- 11:26, The European Commission's recent anti-steering case related to Apple: https://ec.europa.eu/competition/antitrust/cases1/202419/AT_40437_10026012_3547_4.pdf.- 11:54, The draft Digital Competition Bill proposed by the Indian Government: https://www.medianama.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/DRAFT-DIGITAL-COMPETITION-BILL-2024.pdf.- 17:35, Case brought by the German competition authority against Facebook for its processing practices: https://www.bundeskartellamt.de/SharedDocs/Entscheidung/EN/Fallberichte/Missbrauchsaufsicht/2024/B6-22-16.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=8.- 17:47, CCI's case against WhatsApp for its updated privacy policy: https://www.cci.gov.in/images/antitrustorder/en/order1732001619.pdf. - 18:34, Supreme Court of India's ruling on WhatsApp case relating to privacy and antitrust interface: https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2023/02/03/directed-whatsapp-to-widely-publicise-stand-that-its-users-in-india-do-not-have-to-accept-its-2021-privacy-policy-in-order-to-use-mobile-application/.- 19:09, Appellate Court's order to stay some parts of the CCI's decision on the WhatsApp case: https://legal.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/litigation/nclat-stays-cci-ban-on-whatsapp-data-sharing-experts-weigh-in/117562830.- 23:33, WhatsApp's announcement of its rolling out of Accounts Center to combine personal data across Meta platforms: https://about.fb.com/news/2025/01/whatsapp-joins-accounts-center/.- 24:23, Italian competition authority's case against Google for its aggressive commercial practices relating to data: https://en.agcm.it/en/media/press-releases/2021/11/PS11147-PS11150. - 30:41, Brazilian efforts to pass ex-ante regulation addressing digital markets: https://www.gov.br/participamaisbrasil/concorrencia-plataformas-digitais.To learn more about Dr. Alba Ribera Martínez and her research, we invite you to visit her website: https://www.albariberamartinez.com.She also writes, from time to time, in her newsletter, the DMA Agora, about the latest developments surrounding the European regulation: https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7344021393451184128.________The Binary Agora is on social media, where we upload and comment on dedicated content only for our subscribers. Stay tuned there, as well.- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thebinaryagora/posts/?feedView=all- BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/thebinaryagora.bsky.social- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebinaryagora- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebinaryagora/