Month: December 2024
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The DMA’s applicability to business-to-consumer services (and how content creators can lead to DMA designation)
The Digital Markets Act (DMA) is a landmark piece of legislation that regulates the conduct of gatekeeper platforms, that is, platforms which (a) offer a “core platform service” (CPS), and (b) act as gateways for businesses to reach end users. The DMA started to apply in May 2023. Since then, an interesting line of case…
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Best of both worlds: Big Tech regulation down under
Australia was an early pioneer of digital markets analysis and regulation, having investigated these issues since 2017. The ACCC has highlighted concerns about competition in digital markets in nine excellent reports during its 5-year Digital Platform Services Inquiry, which concludes in March 2025. In September 2022, the fifth report set out the concrete recommendations for…