Vice-Presidents Teresa Ribera and Henna Virkkunen have insisted that the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) does not target US companies and applies agnostically to digital platforms designated under its rules as “gatekeepers”, in a letter responding to questions from the US Congress seen by Euronews.
“The criteria for gatekeeper designation are based on objectively identified and transparent quantitative thresholds. They do not allow the Commission to discriminate against any company based on the location of its headquarters,” the two Commissioners wrote in the letter, sent on Thursday, adding: “This is confirmed by the fact that two of the gatekeepers which have so far been designated under the DMA are headquartered in the European Union and in China respectively.” In 2023 and 2024, the Commission identified seven gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act:
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Source: Euronews
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