( ) -q-23- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “new digital markets.” The European Union is targeting six companies under new digital rules aimed at reining in their market power. [CutID: <Cuts> EU-DIGITAL-CRACKDOWN-house-q-WEDam.mp3 Time: 23s Title: EU-DIGITAL-CRACKDOWN-house-q-WEDam Out-cue: new digital markets] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. The EU’s executive Commission says digital platforms can be listed as […]
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EU targets Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, ByteDance, Meta, Microsoft in next phase of digital crackdown
( ) -q-23- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “new digital markets.”
The European Union is targeting six companies under new digital rules aimed at reining in their market power.
[CutID: <Cuts> EU-DIGITAL-CRACKDOWN-house-q-WEDam.mp3
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Title: EU-DIGITAL-CRACKDOWN-house-q-WEDam
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. The EU’s executive Commission says digital platforms can be listed as gatekeepers if they act as key gateways between businesses and consumers by providing “core platform services.”
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VERBATIM: Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Facebook owner Meta and TikTok’s parent company were classified as online “gatekeepers.” The companies must face the highest level of scrutiny under the 27-nation bloc’s Digital Markets Act. The act amounts to a list of do’s and don’ts that seeks to prevent tech giants from cornering new digital markets.