On Wednesday, the European Commission made an important announcement about six major tech companies, calling them "gatekeepers" under a new law called the Digital Markets Act. This law has the potential to significantly change how these big digital companies operate. The "gatekeepers" in question are Amazon, Google (Alphabet parent company), Apple, Microsoft, Meta (formerly Facebook), and ByteDance (the company behind TikTok).
They have six months to make sure their core services follow t...
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