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    Home » Net & Tech » X is not a web giant under DMA digital marketplace regulation

    X is not a web giant under DMA digital marketplace regulation

    European Commission accepts findings of Elon Musk's services and 'pardons' social network. "We will continue to monitor"

    Renato Giannetti by Renato Giannetti
    16 October 2024
    in Net & Tech
    Elon Musk X Digital Services Act

    (COMBO) This combination of pictures created on October 10, 2023, shows (L) SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk during his visit at the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, on June 16, 2023 and (R) the new Twitter logo rebranded as X, pictured on a screen in Paris on July 24, 2023.. The EU's digital chief Thierry Breton warned Elon Musk on October 10, 2023, that his platform X, formerly Twitter, is spreading "illegal content and disinformation", in a letter seen by AFP. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP)

    Brussels – X, the well-known online social networking service owned by Elon Musk, “should not be designated as a gatekeeper” under the Digital Market Act (DMA), the regulation intended to prevent abuse of a dominant position of web giants in the European single market. The European Commission, after the appropriate checks and evaluations, concludes that the value of the social network is less economical than one might have thought. X “s not an important gateway for business users to reach end users.” For this reason, it should be excluded from the strict European rules that can also impose penalties of up to 10 percent of global business turnover. 

    The decision made in Brussels, in essence, marks a victory for Elon Musk’s staff, who responded to the findings made by the EU executive with the investigation launched on May 13, when, instead. the online booking site Booking had been declared a web giant and, therefore, included in the list of large operators on which to operate the clampdown.

    Thus, X’s defense strategy is affirmed, as confirmed by the European Commission, which concluded that the popular short message service “does indeed not qualify as a gatekeeper in relation to its online social networking service.” However, the EU executive warned that it “will continue to monitor” the developments on the market regarding this service, should any substantial changes arise, implying the possibility of triggering EU rules subsequently.

    X is not like the others, i.e., it is not like Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, Microsoft, Booking, and Ticktok, already included in the EU’s list of large operators digital so the European DMA will impose new rules and market behavior. Musk is safe for now.

    English version by the Translation Service of Withub
    Tags: digital marketsdmaelon muskgatekeeperx

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