Selected recent developments in the application of EU competition law to online platforms

Mediaforum, 2016-5/6, p. 145-158, Hein Hobbelen, Nima Lorjé en Aylin Guenay: "We all know that the rise of the worldwide web and ever growing technological sophistication have made it increasingly easy for consumers to buy goods and services online and for businesses to target consumer groups with tailor-made offers. In line with these developments, online platforms in the form of, for instance, search engines, social media and price comparison websites have emerged, and are now omnipresent. Online platforms: we use them, we like them, we hate them and lawyers debate them. Almost any seminar, even if only remotely related to telecommunications and media, has online platforms on the agenda."