Microsoft, Apple want Bing, iMessage off the EU’s gatekeepers list: Details

Microsoft and Apple reportedly want Bing and iMessage, respectively, off the European Union’s “gatekeepers” list. Both the companies argue that their respective services are not large or powerful enough to justify the inclusion in purview of the Digital Markets Act, which was signed into law by the European parliament and the Council of the European Union in September 2022.

DMA accounts for the largest digital platforms in the EU and refer to them as the “gatekeepers.” The law is designed to promote fair competition by defining regulations on how digital gatekeepers can use people’s data. Applicable to digital platforms, the gatekeepers list includes big tech companies such as Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Samsung, Microsoft, and Apple.