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Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens for the delivery of clues about the past. CTOnews.com, September 6, according to the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European Commission designated six companies as "gatekeepers" for the first time, including Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Byte Jump, Meta and Microsoft, including 22 core platform services, including Apple App Store, Facebook, Chrome, Windows PC OS, TikTok, Youtube and so on. These companies will have six months to ensure that each of their designated core platform services fully complies with their obligations under the Digital Markets Act.

At the same time, the committee launched four market surveys to further evaluate Microsoft and Apple submissions, which concluded that, despite meeting the threshold, some of their core platform services, including Bing, Edge, Microsoft Advertising and iMessage, were not qualified as "gatekeepers". According to DMA, these investigations are designed to determine whether the company has provided sufficient rebuttal evidence that the service should not be designated as a "gatekeeper" and that the investigation should be completed within up to five months.

In addition, the European Commission has launched a market survey to further assess whether Apple's iPadOS should be designated as a "gatekeeper", even though it does not meet the criteria. According to DMA, the survey should be completed within 12 months at most.

In addition, CTOnews.com noted that the European Commission also concluded that although Gmail, Outlook.com and Samsung Internet browsers meet the "gatekeeper" standards set by DMA, Alphabet, Microsoft and online provide strong and reasonable reasons to show that these services are not qualified as "gatekeepers". As a result, the European Commission decided not to designate it as a core platform service.

According to the bill, "gatekeeper" enterprises refer to large enterprises that provide core platform services such as social networks and search engines, with a market capitalization of at least 75 billion euros or an annual turnover of 7.5 billion euros, and at least 4500 end-users per month in the European Union. there are 10, 000 business users every year. The bill ensures that these companies do not abuse their position. The Digital Markets Act imposes an obligation on large online platforms that companies must allow business users access to the data they generate on the platform and allow them to promote their products.

CTOnews.com includes a list of 22 core platform services:

Social networks: TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn

N-IICS (Information Services): WhatsApp, Messenger

Intermediary services: Google Maps, Google Play, Google Shopping, Amazon Market, Apple App Store App Store, Meta Market

Video sharing: YouTube

Advertising services: Google, Amazon, Meta

Web browser: Chrome browser, Safari browser

Search: Google search

Operating systems: Android, iOS, Windows

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