Shockwaves, slumbers, and grafters

2025 will be a big year for regulators, businesses, and grafters:

• Competition regulators will continue squabbling with big tech. The DMA and DSA will start to show their teeth. The CMA might put an end to its frustrating Sandbox investigation. The DOJ cases against Google will produce shockwaves while having no short-term impact whatsoever.
• Publishers will likely resolve their cookie consent uncertainty while the battle against copyright-infringing AI models intensifies.
• On the privacy front, the UK Parliament will pass the near-inconsequential Data (Use and Access) Bill. The ICO might approve the first certification scheme for ad tech, paving the way for a pan-European set of rules that we can get our head around.
• By contrast, the US government will fall back into the privacy and competition enforcement slumber of the pre-Kahn era. Meanwhile, X will merge with Truth Social to become the White House’s official media channel.

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