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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 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks 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.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks 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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

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