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DMA: Enforcement could be better

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Published: September 3rd, 2024,
Last updated: September 17th, 2024

Big tech companies logos displayed on a smartphone backdropped by cropped flag of the European Union. The European Commission on Wednesday designated 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.
In September 2023, the Commission designated six gatekeepers – Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft – for the first time under the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
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After six months, the Digital Markets Act (DMA) has achieved mixed results: „The DMA is on the way to achieving its goals and having a noticeable impact“, says Kush Amlani, Global Competition & Regulatory Counsel at Mozilla, in an interview with Table.Briefings. However, there is still a lot to do. The Commission faces the challenge of using its limited resources effectively. „They are doing a good job given their limited resources„, praises Amlani. At the same time, however, he emphasizes that more assertiveness and possibly additional resources are needed to really force the big players to change their practices.

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