The Digital Markets Act (DMA), the groundbreaking EU law addressing antitrust, unfair competition, and consumer protection, has now designated major tech companies as gatekeepers.
The DMA defines gatekeepers as: Digital platforms that have a significant size, with an impact on the internal market, and that control a gateway from business users to end consumers with a consolidated and lasting position.
THE MAJOR TECH COMPANIES DESIGNATED AS GATEKEEPERS, WITH THEIR CORE PLATFORM SERVICES, ARE THE FOLLOWING:
ALPHABET
(intermediation)
(intermediation)
(intermediation)
(ads)
Chrome
(browser)
(operating system)
AMAZON
(intermediation)
(ads)
APPLE
(intermediation)
(browser)
iOS
(operating system)
TikTok
(social network)
META
Facebook
(social network)
Instagram
(social network)
Meta Marketplace
(intermediation)
Meta
(ads)
WhatsApp
(N-IICS)
Messenger
(N-IICS)
Obligations:
Allow final users to unsubscribe from the platform services of the gatekeepers easily.
Offer the possibility to the companies to include advertisements on their platform with access to the gatekeeper’s performance measuring tools.
Allow business users to promote their offers.
Prohibitions:
Favor their products or services compared to those of third parties.
Require app developers to use gatekeeper ́s services to appear in their app stores.
Track final users outside of the gatekeeper ́s platform service for targeted advertising.
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