Megan Kirkwood

Regulators Must Target the Centre, Not the Peripheries, of Market Power

Within a week of each other, two different companies reached settlements in two different jurisdictions. In the European Union, Apple announced changes to its business terms in the EU with the aim of resolving an ongoing non-compliance investigation under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Over in the US, Meta

Challenging Big Tech’s Business Model: Regulatory Coherence or Contradiction?

On July 10, 2026, Meta was found preliminarily in breach of the European Digital Services Act (DSA), a regulation that aims to protect user’s fundamental rights online. The investigation took issue with specific design features of Meta’s platforms, Facebook and Instagram, such as personalised recommendations, autoplay and infinite