#digital-markets-act

#digital-markets-act

The European Commission wants to investigate whether Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud fall under the Digital Markets Act. After large-scale cloud outages, concerns are growing about the dominance of three major players in the cloud market. This is according to Bloomberg, based on sources. The investigation follows several major outages in the cloud sector. Last month, an Amazon services outage affected hundreds of companies.

"Following successful small-scale tests over the past months, the option for WhatsApp users to chat with users of messaging apps BirdyChat and Haiket directly via third-party chats will soon be rolling out across Europe," Meta wrote in a blog post. "This marks a significant milestone in Meta's compliance with the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA) interoperability requirements."

BRUSSELS (AP) European Union regulators said Thursday they're investigating whether Google is unfairly demoting some content from media publishers in search results under a policy the company says is aimed at combating scammers. Brussels moved forward despite the risk of incurring the wrath of President Donald Trump, who has lashed out at the 27-nation bloc's digital regulations and vowed to retaliate if American tech companies are penalized.

The European Commission on Thursday said it was launching a new investigation into US-based search engine Google amid accusations that the company buries some news sites in its search results as spam. The EU's case revolves around media outlets that include content from commercial partners, for example sponsored editorials. Google is once again facing the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA) that regulates online competition in the 27-member bloc.

The bloc's executive arm announced the move after monitoring found that certain content created with advertisers and sponsors was being given such a low priority by the US tech giant that it was effectively no longer visible in search results. European Commission officials said this potentially unfair loss of visibility and of revenue to media owners may be as a result of an anti-spam policy Google operates.

Apple started allowing EU users to install alternative marketplaces earlier this year under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). At that time, the installation process was lengthier and involved multiple "scare screens" - warnings about the potential dangers of installing apps from sources other than the App Store. Developers complained that Apple's tactics resulted in people abandoning the installation process. Earlier this year, the EU slapped a $568 million fine on Apple for not complying with DMA rules.

The US House Judiciary Committee held hearings today as X announced that it would appeal its High Court loss over regulation by Coimisiún na Meán

Apple has launched some serious threats to its operations, highlighting the need for compliance within the EU's directives, highlighting the ongoing challenges the company faces.