The Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp apps can be seen on the display of a smartphone, in front of the logo of Meta. Jens Büttner/dpa The European Commission on Monday informed Meta - owner of Facebook ...

A major player in the tech world. The "gatekeeper" designation is used because large organizations can influence which competitors have access to the markets they dominate. See Digital Markets Act.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Federico Guerrini is a reporter covering tech policy and AI. The European Union is ramping up efforts to rein in big technology ...

Earlier this week, the European Commission announced the first list of gatekeeper companies and services for the European Union (EU). That's how we know Apple doesn't have to open iMessage to RCS ...

In context: When the European Union passed the Digital Markets Act in 2022, it avoided naming names because it wanted to be clear that the legislation applied to any company that fell into its ...

Seven tech giants have informed the EU they meet the threshold to come under landmark new rules to curb their market dominance. Google parent Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, TikTok owner ByteDance, Facebook ...