EU lawmakers pass the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act, seeking to regulate US tech giants, but limited resources could hamstring enforcement
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Chris Smith / BGR : EU antitrust laws might force Apple to allow third-party app stores on iPhone Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat : European Union regulates Apple and Google duopoly as platform gatekeepers Thom Holwerda / OSnews : EU Parliament passes DMA, DSA to reign in big tech and force interoperability and openness Matt Wille / Input : EU's Big Tech overhaul laws will be nigh impossible to enforce Rob Pegoraro / PCMag : Sweeping EU Bills May Require Major Changes at US Tech Firms Edri / European Digital Rights : The DSA should pave the way for systemic change Christopher Hutton / Washington Examiner : EU passes legislation to rein in Big Tech ‘gatekeepers’ Amazon, Apple, and Meta Competition Policy International : EU Lawmakers Agree To New Big Tech Antitrust Laws Kirk Miller / InsideHook : How New EU Tech Legislation Could Affect Apple, Google and Meta Globally Foo Yun Chee / iTnews : EU lawmakers pass landmark tech rules Tweets: Thierry Breton / @thierrybreton : Historic! 🗳✅ Congratulations to the European Parliament for adopting both the #DSA & #DMA today. It's a landslide vote! https://twitter.com/... Ursula von der Leyen / @vonderleyen : I welcome the @Europarl_EN's adoption of our #EU rulebook for digital services: #DSA tackles illegal and harmful online content. #DMA subjects gatekeepers to do's and don'ts to keep markets open. The @EU_Commission will be the digital regulator for the biggest platforms. https://twitter.com/... @edri : 1/5 @Europarl_EN approved the #DigitalServicesAct with 539 votes in favour. EDRi welcomes DSA's attempt to enable a real transformation of online advertising industry, away from cheating & spying on users & towards a safer, privacy-respecting ad ecosystem. https://edri.org/... https://twitter.com/... Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : The DSA and DMA fix the biggest bug in the GDPR, it hurt smaller companies more than the big tech companies the EU wanted to hurt via protectionism. DSA and DMA fix that by explicitly targeting American big tech companies. Truly agile lawmaking by the EU. https://www.reuters.com/... Luca Bertuzzi / @bertuzluca : BREAKING Both the #DMA and #DSA have been adopted in the European Parliament with a very broad majority. https://twitter.com/... Luca Bertuzzi / @bertuzluca : Commissioner Breton revealed some details on the #DMA & #DSA enforcement. DG CNECT will set up thematic teams. The societal one will cover risk assessment & audits, the technical team interoperability & standards, the economic one FRAND and data access. https://www.linkedin.com/... Thierry Breton / @thierrybreton : For the 1st time ever, the European Commission will become the #supervisor of “gatekeepers” and very large platforms & online search engines. Here is a sneak preview of how the #DSA & #DMA enforcement will be organised 🔜 https://www.linkedin.com/... Deborah Brown / @deblebrown : The DSA is a promising step forward. It introduces measures to increase platforms' transparency, requires them to explain how they moderate content, to assess & mitigate systemic risks, access to data for researchers & reins in some invasive forms of surveillance-based ads 2/ Eric Seufert / @eric_seufert : The wording in this DMA provision (#44) is vague, but it seems to prevent the cross-utilization of data when a platform operator also sells advertising. If this interpretation is correct: does the DMA prohibit Apple from using install & in-app purchase data for ads targeting? https://twitter.com/... Lazar Radic / @laz_radic : @TimSweeneyEpic @aurelienportues Hold on, as you know from your recent Epic v Apple escapade, first you have to prove there is a monopoly 🙂 Tim Sweeney / @timsweeneyepic : @laz_radic @aurelienportues This feels like disingenuous propaganda to me, as monopoly advocates switch seamlessly between arguments that Apple and Google monopolies create awesome consumer welfare, and that antitrust law must be solely based on the consumer welfare standard. Richard Hoeg / @hoeglaw : Truly a post-independence tweet from Mr. Sweeney. https://twitter.com/... @avaaz : Big Tech threw millions at their fight vs our reforms - €27m in just 1 year in fact. But though they're some of the most powerful Corps ever, there's 1 thing they don't have: people power The #DSA is proof positive, people can fight for a better internet and future...and WIN https://twitter.com/... @edri : 4/5 If #DSA is implemented right, it can guarantee transparency, accountability & put people's interests at the core of the solutions. It can limit the power Big Tech companies like Google, Meta & Amazon have over people BUT more work is needed for a better internet. Jim Steyer / @jimsteyer : Today European lawmakers have taken a big step towards making the internet safer for kids by adopting the #DigitalServicesAct. Lawmakers here at home need to act swiftly to protect our kids and our democratic future. #DSA https://twitter.com/... Luke Miani / @lukemiani : Forcing Apple to allow other payment platforms, other app stores/ side loading, and iMessage interoperability could be... great! Sometimes regulations can be super helpful (ahem, EU forcing type C which we all want anyway) https://twitter.com/... Lazar Radic / @laz_radic : 16/20 Others, like @aurelienportues, have zoomed in on the chilling effect the DMA will have on innovation. https://www.competitionpolicyinternatio nal.com/ ... @avaaz : Want to know the real story behind the EU's epic fight to rein in Big Tech that culminates TODAY? 🧵👇 It's a real ‘David-and-Goliath’ story - a story of how Avaaz and other civil society organizations took on big Tech....and won https://twitter.com/... Deborah Brown / @deblebrown : Additionally, since the DSA will require very large platforms (like Meta & Google) to be more transparent & provide remedies to EU users, the measures they put in place to comply w/the DSA should be extended to people who rely on their platforms/services around the world. 5/ Luca Bertuzzi / @bertuzluca : @MDemircan_ My understanding is that DG COMP will still do the case handling, while DG CNECT will provide the technical expertise. A 50/50 split of staff is expected. Tim Sweeney / @timsweeneyepic : @laz_radic @aurelienportues The implication of all of this advocacy would be that all extant tech monopolies get a free pass to avoid antitrust scrutiny. Lazar Radic / @laz_radic : 15/20 Last but not least, the DMA will inevitably face its fair share of unintended consequences. For instance, as @MBarczentewicz has often argued, the DMA's broad interoperability mandates will likely compromise user privacy & security. https://truthonthemarket.com/ ...[...] Margrethe Vestager / @vestager : Yes! Today @Europarl_EN adopted #DSA & #DMA regulations: 🇪🇺strong, ambitious & global first rulebook of #online platforms. Now I'm looking forward to the adoption by @EUCouncil Congratulations to all of us 🥳 https://europa.eu/!vcx4W8 https://twitter.com/... Alex Russell / @slightlylate : The DMA is the first legislation around the world to reset the lines on mobile browser competition, and while there will be a lot of fighting ahead, this will be the biggest change in software in more than a decade. https://www.reuters.com/... Roger McNamee / @moonalice : The EU Parliament has passed the #DigitalServicesAct ... It could be a huge step forward — if enforcement is aggressive — but it barely scratches the surface for what needs to be done. https://www.reuters.com/... @europarlpress : Digital Services: landmark rules adopted for a safer, open online environment The new EU digital rulebook sets out unprecedented standards on the accountability of online companies, within an open and competitive digital market⬇️ https://eptwitter.eu/q8c3 https://twitter.com/... Adam Thierer / @adamthierer : The EU's heavy-handed regulatory regime for digital tech greatly undermined innovation & capital formation across the continent over past 25 years. This latest regulatory push will just result in more of the same for AI era innovators & knowledge workers. US should welcome them. https://twitter.com/... Florian Mueller / @fosspatents : The #EuropeanParliament is sending out a strong message to #Apple, #Google and other gatekeepers with this near-unanimous vote. It's no longer an ideological question whether those companies abuse their market power. Now give the Commission enough resources to make it work! https://twitter.com/... Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : If you create complex laws that require an army of bureaucrats to comply with them, then you bias the industry to companies that can hire armies of bureaucrats. Now with DMA & DSA, only big tech companies have to hire the bureaucrats or risk major fines. https://twitter.com/... Steve Troughton-Smith / @stroughtonsmith : I feel like setting this precedent now is essential before Apple pivots all of its attention to AR and building its next huge, world-changing platform. The future of computing can not anticompetitively, illegally stack the deck in Apple's favor https://twitter.com/... Benedict Evans / @benedictevans : Still leaves giant questions (it's far from clear this is compatible with E2EE), makes no product sense and doesn't solve any actual consumer or competition problem, but the previous version was just idiotic and should never have been published. Benedict Evans / @benedictevans : The latest public version of the EU's DMA rule on messaging interoperability is somewhat less insane. The original version said you had to allow *any* app, from anyone, not just to connect, but to have complete and unlimited access to all user data. https://t.co/VS15ws3YPW https://t.co/iqJSd0rHFa @a_maehl : If we want to achieve a user-centric experience, we need to user-test, involving 3rd-parties in the process. This will be our key message to regulators, gatekeepers abd consumer orgs are the DMA and other similar regulations across the world roll out. @a_maehl : As the DMA is adopted today, we're publishing a set of principles to follow if we are to make its choice screen mandate & easy switching obligations work for consumers. 1/2 https://twitter.com/... Tim Sweeney / @timsweeneyepic : Happy 5th of July! https://www.macrumors.com/... @autumncapital : Europe has come together more consistently, and in a unified manner (even if ineffective) to tackle US big tech. Much better showing than fighting off Russia or Germany, two times. https://twitter.com/... See also Mediagazer