Rita Wezenbeek

Commission receives notifications from Apple under the Digital Markets Act The Commission received notifications from Apple indicating that its core platform services, Apple Ads and Apple Maps, meet the Digital Markets Act (DMA) thresholds.

Two more candidates for DMA designation to assess during the coming weeks:

In the EU, all online platforms have to offer a tool allowing the reporting of illegal content. Good to know before Black Friday…

Today, further questions were asked to Shein following preliminary indications that illegal goods were offered on their market place in France.

Commission report evaluating the DSA’s interaction with (54!) other EU laws, ia. on data protection and privacy, audiovisual, media, IP, consumer policy and product safety, and demoracy. Great tool for assessing sector-specific legislation in online world:

Another very productive meeting of the European Board for Digital Services with report on prominent risks, 2026 annual work plan, Art 91 DSA report and actions on financial scams:

Commission launches market investigations on cloud computing services under the Digital Markets Act The European Commission opened three market investigations on cloud computing services under the Digital Markets Act (DMA).

ICYMI: Yesterday, market investigations were launched on potential designation of Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services under the DMA. A third investigation will assess whether the DMA is equipped to address fairness and contestability issues in cloud:

Commission opens investigation into potential Digital Markets Act breach by Google in demoting media publishers\' content in search results Today, the European Commission has formally launched proceedings to assess whether Google applies fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory conditions of access to publishers\' websites on Google Search...

Investigation launched to assess whether Google’s Site Reputation Abuse Policy infringes the DMA’s obligations to apply transparent, fair and non-discriminatory conditions to Google Search's ranking👇

Milestone for independent research into systemic risks stemming from the design and algorithmic systems of very large online platforms’s services for the EUs society:

Commission preliminarily finds TikTok and Meta in breach of their transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act Today, the European Commission preliminarily found both TikTok and Meta in breach of their obligation to grant researchers adequate access to public data under the Digital Services Act (DSA).

Under the DSA’s balanced architecture, complaint handling systems, Notice and Action mechanisms and researchers’ access to data are key to ensure that users can challenge platforms’ content moderation decisions and report illegal content in the EU:

Protection of minors: time to see whether and how online platforms are complying with the measures listed in the DSA Guidelines:

Commission gathers views on how the DMA can support fair and contestable digital markets and AI sector The European Commission is seeking feedback on how the Digital Markets Act (DMA) can support fair and contestable digital markets, including the Artificial Intelligence (AI) sector.

Calling for your views on how the DMA can (furter) facilitate contestability of digital markets and AI sector:

A meaningful, specific and well founded risk assessment is key to very large online marketplaces’ compliance with the DSA. Today, the Commission adopted preliminary findings expressing the view that Temu’s risk assessment does not seem to meet that standard:

Commission's services sign arrangement with Japan Fair Trade Commission with common goal of promoting contestability, competition and fairness in digital markets The Commission services responsible for the implementation of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) have signed a first-of-its-kind cooperation arrangement with the Japan Fair Trade Commission, responsible fo...

Great milestone: setting up co-operation with Japanese JFTC on enforcement of digital markets regulation ensuring market contestability and consumer choice:

Great announcements on online protection of minors in the EU: Guidelines on how online platforms should keep children safe and secure on their services, and a blueprint for the roll out of an EU age verification app:
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DMA workshops DMA stakeholders workshops

Between 20 June and 3 July the second series of DMA workshops was held with informative presentations by Gatekeepers and spot-on questions by third parties. ICYMI, recordings available here:

Consultation on the first review of the Digital Markets Act The Commission is consulting on the first review of the DMA that is due by 3 May 2026. The Commission will conduct subsequent reviews every three years and report on the results to the European Parlia...

ICYMI: Consultation on the first review of the Digital Markets Act - European Commission- Time flies, we are looking for your views!

The eagerly awaited new rules on access to data by qualified researchers have been adopted! As of October qualified researchers can submit their applications to DSCs via the dedicated Data Access Portal:

Interesting discussion on business opportunities created by the DMA at Gdansk Digital Summit:

Commission accepts commitments offered by AliExpress under the Digital Services Act and takes further action on illegal products Today, the Commission has taken two major steps in its investigation concerning the compliance of AliExpress with the Digital Services Act (DSA).

Detailed commitments by AliExpress ensuring that EU consumers can trust that robust checks are carried out to prevent ‘rogue’ traders + hidden links. However, AliExpress also needs to considerably step up efforts to prevent the sale of illegal products:

Great workshop this week to discuss the draft Guidelines on Protection of Minors with online platforms, DSCs, CSOs, other authorities and many other stakeholders, and with youth ambassadors as the absolute stars! Deadline for comments: 12th June.

Commission opens investigations to safeguard minors from pornographic content under the Digital Services Act The DSA aims to ensure a safer environment online for minors, in this context, the Commission has opened formal proceedings against Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX, and XVideos for suspected breaches of the ...

Early exposure to pornography can harm minors' development. Today, the Commission
📢 opened proceedings against 4 adult platforms for a lack of age verification tools, and
🔍launched a coordinated action with the DSCs against smaller adult platforms #DSA

ICYMI: draft guidelines on protection of minors online, one of the highest and most immediate priorities under the DSA:

Public advertising repositories are critical to identify scam advertisements, hybrid threat campaigns, and coordinated information operations. Today, preliminarily findings were sent to TikTok for not having its ad repository in compliance with the DSA.

Yesterday, excellent workshop with platforms and civil society on risk assessment. Transparency and accountability are key pillars of the DSA - great to exchange experience and views on what works and what does not:

Commission closes investigation into Apple's user choice obligations and issues preliminary findings on rules for alternative apps under the Digital Markets Act Following a constructive dialogue with Apple, the Commission has decided to close its investigation into Apple's user choice obligations under the Digital Markets Act (DMA).

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Commission finds Apple and Meta in breach of the Digital Markets Act Today, the European Commission found that Apple breached its anti-steering obligation under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), and that Meta breached the DMA obligation to give consumers the choice of a s...

Today, five decisions were adopted in favour and against Gatekeepers, to apply the rules adopted by the EU co-legislators “fairly, proportionally and without bias” as desired by the legislators:

Looking for talented online platform regulators!

Commission sends preliminary findings to Alphabet under the Digital Markets Act Today, the European Commission sent two sets of preliminary findings to Alphabet for failing to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), regarding two services for which it has been designated as a

Two sets of Preliminary Findings sent to Alphabet (DMA): Google must not treat its own services more favourably in ranking than similar third party services. Also, app developers should be able to steer customers to alternative offers from Google Play:

Two decisions adopted today after co-operative process with Apple, opening up a wider choice of innovative, products on iPhones/iPads. As a result third party smartwatches, headphones, TVs of all brands will work better on Apple devices: