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The European Union has named six tech giants whose market power it hopes to rein in by applying a new set of proactive, pro-competition rules on how these gatekeepers can operate designated “core platform services”. The six so-called “gatekeepers” are: Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft.

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[–] Masimatutu@lemm.ee -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

~~Good, but they missed the worst one: Google.~~

[–] ascense@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The six so-called “gatekeepers” are: Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft.

[–] Masimatutu@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oops, my bad. Not used to the new names yet.

[–] Konlanx@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago

Alphabet is a holding that contains all of the Google companies. It's some tax evasion shenanigans.

[–] leaf@feddit.nl 6 points 1 year ago

Alphabet is almost 8 years old now