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European Commission concludes that online social networking service of X should not be designated under the Digital Markets Act. (ec.europa.eu)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by TheOne@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] ASDraptor@lemmy.autism.place 59 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

To sum it up: twitter's business is so irrelevant that they don't qualify to be subject to the DMA.

Ketamine Karen must be hurting after such a burn.

Important note: We are talking about the Digital Markets Act, not to be confused with the Digital Services Act.

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 28 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah Twitter is still designated as a large online platform under the DSA.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/04/google-runs-5-of-the-19-platforms-that-must-follow-eus-new-internet-rules/

Dodging the DMA only has implications for Twitter advertising and federation, I think.

Basically, Twitter is not seen as a monopoly on the microblogging market, but it is still a very large communication platform that must pay special attention to moderation practices.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Markets_Act

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Services_Act

I imagine the brunt of Twitter's argument here is that they have strong competition from Bluesky and Threads, so are not seen as a gatekeeper in the market for microblogging advertising.

[–] Temperche@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if they included Mastodon in their "competitor list".

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I wouldn't think so, since Mastadon isn't inherently "owned" by any one company and doesn't rely on an advertising business strategy.

[–] Badeendje@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

If they add additional services on their path to become an everything app I'm sure this will be revisited.