The App Economy: Making Sense of Platform Power in the Age of AI  - Konrad Kollnig

  • CPDP Book Club
  • CPDP Book Club
  • Cinema
  • Friday 22.05 — 14:20 - 15:35

Mobile apps have transformed how we live, work and connect – but at what cost? 

This book examines the immense power Apple and Google wield over society, arising from their control of app stores as well as mobile operating systems and browsers. With the EU’s new Digital Services Act defining their influence as a potential “systemic risk,” Konrad Kollnig unpacks the implications for competition, privacy and regulation. 

Offering a clear roadmap for scholars as well as policy-makers, this book not only reveals the hidden risks of app ecosystems but also outlines practical solutions for ensuring fairer digital markets.

Konrad Kollnig

Maastricht University - Netherlands

Konrad Kollnig is assistant professor at the Law & Tech Lab of Maastricht University’s Law Faculty. He particularly focuses on the future of AI regulation (in leading the RegTech4AI project with 5 researchers), holding online platforms to account (in the co-leading the CoCoDa project across the UK, Switzerland and the EU) and building a more resilient digital infrastructure (in his latest book).

Simone Van der Hof

Leiden University - Netherlands

Simone van der Hof is a full Professor of Law and Digital Technology at the Center for Law and Digital Technology (eLaw) at Leiden Law School, Leiden University. Her research focuses on the intricate relationship between children’s rights and digital technologies, with a particular emphasis on three dimensions, i.e. privacy and data protection, protection against economic exploitation, and the fundamental right to play. Her work explores the ever-evolving landscape of children’s rights in the digital era, seeking to understand and address the unique regulatory challenges posed by digital technologies to the rights and well-being of children under EU digital law.

Lorenzo Dalla Corte

Dr. Lorenzo Dalla Corte is an assistant professor in data protection and cybersecurity law at Tilburg Law School, Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society. His research focuses on privacy and data protection, (cyber)security, surveillance, and proportionality.