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European Union Digital Markets Act aims to allow more competition and let consumers delete preloaded phone apps

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Tags: european union, digital markets act, apps, competition, law, big tech, rights.consumer, phones.smart, author.lisa ocarroll, source.the guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/06/eu-unveils-package-laws-curb-power-big-tech-giants

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Title
EU unveils 'revolutionary' laws to curb big tech firms' power
Authors
Lisa O'Carroll
Published
Sep 6 2023
Word count
751 words

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  1. riQQ
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    This sounds interesting. Sadly the article doesn't provide further details. And the Digital Markets Act only applies to the biggest tech companies:

    Big tech companies will be barred from monetising information about phone users, prohibiting them from using the data they collect from apps on a phone to build up a detailed picture of individual consumer behaviours for advertisers.

    This sounds interesting. Sadly the article doesn't provide further details. And the Digital Markets Act only applies to the biggest tech companies:

    The laws will initially apply to six companies: Alphabet (which owns Google), Amazon, Apple, ByteDance (the owner of TikTok), Meta (Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp) and Microsoft.

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