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Exclusive: Musk's X to dodge requirements of landmark EU tech rules, sources say (www.reuters.com)
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BRUSSELS, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's X will not be designated as a gatekeeper under landmark EU tech rules known as the Digital Markets Act which would have subjected it to an onerous list of obligations, people with direct knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.

The European Commission, which opened an investigation into online social media platform X in May, will announce its decision next week, the people said.

The EU competition enforcer declined to comment. X, formerly known as Twitter, had previously told the Commission that even though it met the criterion regarding the number of users to be classified as a gatekeeper, it does not qualify for the other criterion as an important gateway between businesses and consumers.

Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, TikTok owner ByteDance and Booking.com, have been designated as gatekeepers, among others.

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[–] Visstix@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago (5 children)

How does tiktok qualify but twitter doesn't?

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago

Lawyer sliminess doing its magic. The world should have one less twitter

[–] philpo@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago

Actually because Elon. Really.

The act requires a certain market position from a company. Which Twitter once definitely had - but does no longer have. A lot of companies have turned their back on Twitter due to Musk (not only advertising wise but especially communication wise). And that does reduce the impact it possibly can have on the market. (Remember: The DSA is a market equalisation act)

[–] VeryVito@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

Or Booking??

[–] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Random guess: Tiktok might actually generate revenue

[–] vxx@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Because they usually comply with the laws, when they get "asked" to.

[–] captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Ok then I hope all the business accounts, social media reps, uptime reports, customer service hotlines, and advertisers plan to stop using Twitter.

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

What about federal, provincial and municipal organizations?

[–] digdilem@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

yes please