This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. MEPs are pushing for the Commission’s timely and effective enforcement of the EU’s Digital Markets Act and closer scrutiny of AI-driven search tools and cloud services. In a resolution adopted on Thursday by show of hands, Parliament urges the Commission to quickly and consistently […]Digital Markets Act: MEPs want stronger enforcement amid external pushback
May 4, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. MEPs are pushing for the Commission’s timely and effective enforcement of the EU’s Digital Markets Act and closer scrutiny of AI-driven search tools and cloud services. In a resolution adopted on Thursday by show of hands, Parliament urges the Commission to quickly and consistently […]Commission opens proceedings to assist Google in complying with interoperability and online search data sharing obligations under the Digital Markets Act
January 27, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission has started two sets of specification proceedings to assist Google in complying with its obligations under the Digital Markets Act (‘DMA’). The specification proceedings formalise the Commission’s regulatory dialogue with Google on certain areas of its compliance with two DMA […]Commission launches market investigations on cloud computing services under the Digital Markets Act
November 19, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission opened three market investigations on cloud computing services under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Two market investigations will assess whether Amazon and Microsoft should be designated as gatekeepers for their cloud computing services, Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, under the […]Commission opens investigation into potential Digital Markets Act breach by Google in demoting media publishers’ content in search results
November 14, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission has formally launched proceedings to assess whether Google applies fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory conditions of access to publishers’ websites on Google Search, which is an obligation under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The Commission’s monitoring work has shown indications that […]Commission closes investigation into Apple’s user choice obligations and issues preliminary findings on rules for alternative apps under the Digital Markets Act
April 24, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Following a constructive dialogue with Apple, the Commission has decided to close its investigation into Apple’s user choice obligations under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The Commission has also informed Apple of its preliminary view that Apple’s contract terms concerning alternative app distribution breach […]Commission finds Apple and Meta in breach of the Digital Markets Act
April 24, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission found that Apple breached its anti-steering obligation under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), and that Meta breached the DMA obligation to give consumers the choice of a service that uses less of their personal data. Therefore, the Commission has fined […]Commission sends preliminary findings to Alphabet under the Digital Markets Act
March 20, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission sent two sets of preliminary findings to Alphabet for failing to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), regarding two services for which it has been designated as a gatekeeper. Firstly, the Commission has informed Alphabet of its preliminary view […]Booking must now comply with the Digital Markets Act
November 15, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. As of today, Booking Holdings Inc. (BHI), designated as gatekeeper on 13 May 2024, must ensure that its online intermediation service, Booking.com, complies with all relevant obligations of the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Concretely, this means hotels, car rental companies, and other providers of […]Commission starts first proceedings to specify Apple’s interoperability obligations under the Digital Markets Act
September 20, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission has started two specification proceedings to assist Apple in complying with its interoperability obligations under the Digital Markets Act (‘DMA’). Under the DMA, Apple must provide free and effective interoperability to third party developers and businesses with hardware and software […]Commission sends preliminary findings to Meta over its “Pay or Consent” model for breach of the Digital Markets Act
July 2, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission has informed Meta of its preliminary findings that its “pay or consent” advertising model fails to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA). In the Commission’s preliminary view, this binary choice forces users to consent to the combination of their personal […]Designated gatekeepers must now comply with all obligations under the Digital Markets Act
March 8, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. As of today, Apple, Alphabet, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft and ByteDance, the six gatekeepers designated by the Commission in September 2023, have to fully comply with all obligations in the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The DMA aims to make digital markets in the EU more contestable and fairer. It […]
