The Observatory monitors and analyses developments in the online platform economy to enable informed and flexible policy making in the EU.
The Observatory focuses on developments in the online platform economy, including issues such as the ranking of search engine results by algorithms, access to and use of personal data by platforms, favourable treatment given by online intermediaries to their own goods and services, and transparency in online advertising. State of play Complete guide Dimension 1
The economic significance of platforms can be assessed quantitatively, taking in several major areas of interest: revenues and traffic share (including sectoral disturbance), and trade flows.