Fines that arrive too late and have little effect.
Member States which legislate in dispersed order.
And tech giants who profit from these divisions.
Faced with the weaknesses of its arsenal of measures against Gafa abuses, Brussels has decided to act.
On December 2, three structuring texts will be presented by the European Commission: the Digital Services Act, the Digital Market Act and the action plan for European democracy.
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Consultations are still ongoing and some arbitrations are yet to be made.
But the general philosophy of these three legislative packages, which respond to each other, is already known: to impose more obligations and more transparency on Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple in order to better regulate them.
“This will help shape a digital world that will be more trustworthy,”
said European Commission Vice-President Margrethe Vestager, responsible for adapting Europe to the digital age, at the end of October.
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