The noose is tightening in Europe around the tech giants.
Starting March 7, Apple, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Google and ByteDance must comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
Voted in July 2022, this text aims to put an end to the abuses of large digital platforms and give oxygen to competing companies.
It will also, in turn, change the habits of European Internet users.
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According to Brussels, which hopes to inspire other States, the weight of Gafam on social networks, search engines, e-commerce or browsers disadvantages consumers by stifling competition.
Faced with the slowness of traditional antitrust investigations, the EU therefore wanted to change its approach.
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The objective of the DMA is to prevent behavior that amounts to the abuse of a dominant position rather than intervening after the fact
,” summarizes Fabrice Naftalski, partner at EY Société d'Avocats.
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