Tag: Digital Markets Act

Meta’s answer to Twitter, Threads, launched worldwide this week with the exception of EU member countries. The new Instagram-linked app, which is now available in 100 countries, so far has no plans to launch in the EU, likely due to privacy regulations in the bloc. There are obviously very strong concerns over the processing of data of EU citizens, as Meta ...

Six tech companies have informed the European Commission that they met the criteria to be classified as “gatekeepers” under the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, TikTok, Meta, Microsoft, and Samsung now meet the thresholds under EU law after the passage of the new act, EU industry chief Thierry Breton said on July 4. “Following our review process, official designation will ...