Seven big tech companies say they’re platform gatekeepers under EU law
by Wes Davis from The Verge - All Posts on (#6CQ3W)
Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge An important deadline just passed for the biggest tech platform companies in the world to notify the European Union (EU) that they are gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Seven companies have officially acknowledged they meet the criteria: Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, ByteDance (TikTok), Meta (Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp), Microsoft, and Samsung. Companies on the list have a market capitalization of over 75 billion ($82 billion) and own a social platform or app that has at least 45 million monthly users or 10,000 active business users.
The statement published by EU commissioner Thierry Breton says it will now check their submissions and designate the gatekeepers for specific platform services by 6 September," and...