Elon Musk’s X will not be designated as a gatekeeper under landmark EU tech rules known as the Digital Markets Act which would have subjected it to an onerous list of obligations, Reuters reports citing “people with direct knowledge of the matter.”
The European Commission, which opened an investigation into online social media platform X in May, will announce its decision next week, the people said.
X had previously told the Commission that even though it met the criterion regarding the number of users to be classified as a gatekeeper, it does not qualify for the other criterion as an important gateway between businesses and consumers.
Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, TikTok owner ByteDance and Booking.com have been designated as gatekeepers, among others.
MacDailyNews Note: The EU’s DMA requires so-called “gatekeepers” to make their messaging apps interact with rivals, let users decide which apps to install on their devices, and not favor their own services or risk fines as much as 10% of their annual global turnover.
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