As of August, 16 additional digital companies as well as Alibaba’s (9988.HK) AliExpress, Amazon’s (AMZN.O) Marketplace, Apple’s App Store, and others will be governed by new EU online content regulations, according to EU industry director Thierry Breton.
Booking.com (BKNG.O), Facebook (META.O), Google Maps, Google Play, Google Search, Google Shopping, Instagram, Linkedin, Pinterest, Snapchat, TikTok, Twitter, Wikipedia, YouTube, Microsoft’s Bing, and Zalando (ZALG.DE) are the remaining 16 businesses.
Under the landmark rules known as the Digital Services Act (DSA), the companies, all with more than 45 million monthly active users, are required to do risk management, conduct external and independent auditing, share data with authorities and researchers and adopt a code of conduct.
“We consider these 19 online platforms and search engines have become systematically relevant and have special responsibilities to make the internet safer,” Breton told reporters.
He said he was checking to see whether another four to five companies fall under the DSA, with a decision expected in the next few weeks.
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