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Digital Markets Act: Commission designates six gatekeepers (ec.europa.eu)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The European Commission has today designated, for the first time, six gatekeepers - Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, Microsoft - under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). In total, 22 core platform services provided by gatekeepers have been designated. The six gatekeepers will now have six months to ensure full compliance with the DMA obligations for each of their designated core platform services.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Full list of gatekeepers' core platform services that must comply with the Digital Markets Act:

Social Networks: TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn
N-IICS (aka messaging services): WhatsApp, Messenger
Intermediation: Google Maps, Google Play, Google Shopping, Amazon Marketplace, Apple’s App Store, Meta Marketplace
Video Sharing: YouTube
Advertising services: Google, Amazon, Meta
Web Browsers: Chrome, Safari
Search: Google Search
Operating Systems: Android, iOS, Windows

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How about iMessage? Last i heard they petitioned against it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

It's still under evaluation, so it might be added later.