As of today, Apple, Alphabet, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft and ByteDance, the six gatekeepers designated by the Commission in September 2023, have to fully comply with all obligations in the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
The DMA aims to make digital markets in the EU more contestable and fairer. It establishes new rules for 10 defined core platform services, such as search engines, online marketplaces, app stores, online advertising and messaging, and gives new rights to European businesses and end-users.
Yes I’m glad chat control was stopped, but it just goes to show there are wannabe authoritarians in everyone’s government.
There are wannabe authoritarians everywhere, one of the functions of government is to stop them. Which kinda sorta works in the EU if you don’t look too far east.