Digital Markets Act: Difference between revisions

The '''[[wikipedia:Digital_Markets_Act|Digital Markets Act]]''' (DMA) is the European Union's regulation on large digital platforms, which entered into force on the end of 2022.<ref>https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2022/1925/oj/eng</ref> Combined with the [[wikipedia:Digital_Services_Act|Digital Services Act]], these form a package of digital regulation in the EU.<ref>https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/digital-services-act-package</ref> The DMA limits the power of large digital platforms<ref>https://epthinktank.eu/2024/06/28/regulating-social-media-what-is-the-european-union-doing-to-protect-social-media-users/</ref> The heaviest regulation applies to the so called "gatekeepers", which are the largest platforms the regulation targets. For these gatekeepers, non-compliance with the DMA has potential fines up to 10% of the total worldwide turnover (Art. 30.1), which goes up to a 20% maximum if it happens again within 8 years (Art. 30.2), or additional remedies if non-compliance persists. Parts of the DMA are designations for the future, giving tasks to these large platforms to open up to their competitors.  

This article has a designation for end-to-end encrypted communication, like texting etc., to be made interoperable. Gatekeepers are tasked offer interoperability to any other service that makes a reasonable request to build interoperability (Art. 7.5). While the DMA does not finalize this interoperability yet, there have already been initiatives to build interoperability separately. There are already standards emerging like the [[wikipedia:ActivityPub|ActivityPub]] protocol. That protocol already achieved [[wikipedia:Fediverse|interoperability across decentralized platforms]], and larger centralized platforms start to show interest. The [[wikipedia:Threads_(social_network)|Threads]] app from Meta, which operates both ways with [[Instagram]] from Meta, is testing interoperability with [[wikipedia:Mastodon_(social_network)|Mastodon]] via this protocol.<ref>https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-your-threads-posts-will-soon-be-accessible-on-mastodon/</ref> Such efforts make it possible to send, read and reply to messages to users across different social media platforms.