Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and others accused by rivals of not respecting new EU competition rules
Summary
The logos of Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft displayed on a mobile phone with an EU flag shown in the background. A raft of major technology and media companies have signed an open letter accusing tech giants of failing to bring their businesses into full compliance with incoming European Union digital competition rules. The signatories say that companies defined by the EU as "gatekeepers," including Google , Amazon , Apple , Meta , Microsoft , and TikTok owner ByteDance, havent done enough to engage effectively with them and others in their industry. Another EU requirement is that these platforms do not implement practices that lead to the "self-preferencing" of their services over others. The open letter, which was signed by international media group Schibsted , eco-friendly search engine Ecosia, privacy-focused search engine Qwant, secure messaging app Element, and VPN service ProtonVPN, said the gatekeepers "have either failed to engage in a dialogue with third parties or have presented solutions falling short of compliance with the DMA."
