TikTok and Meta challenge Europe’s new rules that crack down on digital giants : The Tribune India

Join Whatsapp Channel

TikTok and Meta challenge Europe’s new rules that crack down on digital giants

The Digital Markets Act aims at giving users more choices and threatening big penalties if they don’t comply

TikTok and Meta challenge Europe’s new rules that crack down on digital giants

Photo for representational purpose only. iStock



AP

London, November 16

TikTok and Facebook owner Meta are filing legal challenges against new European Union rules designed to counter the dominance of digital giants and make online competition fairer by giving consumers more choice.

TikTok said in a blog post Thursday that it’s appealing being classified as an online “gatekeeper” by the Digital Markets Act, arguing that it’s playing the role of a new competitor in social media that is taking on entrenched players.

Meta said a day earlier that it disagrees with the 27-nation bloc’s decision to include its Marketplace and Messenger as gateway services under the new rules, adding that it is seeking “clarification on specific points of law.”              

The Digital Markets Act will take effect by March, with a list of dos and don’ts for big tech companies aimed at giving users more choices and threatening big penalties if they don’t comply.

Labeling TikTok a gatekeeper undermines the DMA’s goal by “protecting actual gatekeepers from newer competitors like TikTok,” the company said, adding that the video-sharing app is “arguably the most capable challenger” to bigger social media rivals.

Amazon, Apple, Google and Microsoft also were given the gatekeeper label in September, along with TikTok parent company ByteDance and Meta. That’s because they provide 22 “core platform services” — such as Chrome and Safari browsers, WhatsApp messaging and Google Maps — that act as gateways between businesses and consumers.

Meta is not arguing with being designated a gatekeeper, but the company thinks the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, was wrong to specifically single out Marketplace and Messenger as core platform services.

The appeal “does not alter or detract from our firm commitment to complying with the DMA, and we will continue to work constructively with the European Commission to prepare for compliance,” Meta said. 

#England #Europe #Facebook #London #Meta


Top News

Uttarakhand tunnel rescue LIVE Updates: Fresh hurdle in evacuation of 41 workers as debris obstructs main pipe

Uttarakhand rescue LIVE Updates: All 41 trapped workers taken out safely from tunnel after 17 days

Family members of trapped workers called near tunnel’s entra...

Uttarakhand tunnel timeline: 17-day rescue efforts end in relief, jubilation

Uttarakhand tunnel timeline: 17-day rescue efforts end in relief, jubilation

41 workers were trapped in under-construction tunnel on Diwa...

Lawrence Bishnoi’s in-custody interview: High Court summons ADGP Prisons over delayed inquiry report

Lawrence Bishnoi’s in-custody interview: High Court summons ADGP Prisons over delayed inquiry report

Interview of Lawrence Bishnoi, one of suspects in Sidhu Moos...

Haryana govt dismisses Jind school principal from service

Jind school principal fired for 'sexually harassing' girls

Education dept issues the dismissal orders following approva...


Cities

View All