Document(s): 

ialle_policybrief_2014_04_digital_monopolies_en_v2_2.pdf

External link: 

http://www.industriall-europe.eu/Committees/IP/PolBrief/PolicyBrief2014-04-Digit...

Author(s): 

industriAll European Trade Union

Year of publication: 

2015

This is a Policy Brief by industriAll European Trade Union, the European federation of trade unions in the manufacturing sectors (190 affiliates, 7 million members, across all industrial value chains: mining, energy, chemicals & pharmaceuticals, ICT, metalworking, automotive, aeronautics and transport equipment, textile, clothing and leather) and a member of the European Trade Union Confederation.

The aim of this Policy Brief is to reduce the concentration of wealth and power of monopolistic digital platforms, a concentration which detriments their industrial suppliers and society in general. The Policy Brief specifically proposes four concrete measures:

1. the "big data is open data" principle
2. the obligation to introduce "fair" search algorithms,
3. the breaking up of cross-subsidisation structures, and
4. the prevention of Unfair Trade Practices.