European Commission concludes that online social networking service of X should not be designated under the Digital Markets Act.
European Commission concludes that online social networking service of X should not be designated under the Digital Markets Act.
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To sum it up: twitter's business is so irrelevant that they don't qualify to be subject to the DMA.
Ketamine Karen must be hurting after such a burn.
Important note: We are talking about the Digital Markets Act, not to be confused with the Digital Services Act.
Yeah Twitter is still designated as a large online platform under the DSA.
Dodging the DMA only has implications for Twitter advertising and federation, I think.
Basically, Twitter is not seen as a monopoly on the microblogging market, but it is still a very large communication platform that must pay special attention to moderation practices.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Markets_Act
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Services_Act
I imagine the brunt of Twitter's argument here is that they have strong competition from Bluesky and Threads, so are not seen as a gatekeeper in the market for microblogging advertising.
I wonder if they included Mastodon in their "competitor list".
I wouldn't think so, since Mastadon isn't inherently "owned" by any one company and doesn't rely on an advertising business strategy.
If they add additional services on their path to become an everything app I'm sure this will be revisited.