The meta is struggling with the upcoming rules European Union Digital Markets Act (DMA) for months, but not anymore. The company announced It will be subject to the provisions of the DMA cannot prioritize its services or force users to stay within its ecosystem. This decision will have a major impact on Meta’s user experience in the EU, including allowing people to use it Messenger and Facebook Marketplace without a Facebook account. Meta previously appealed the exclusion of the two platforms from the DMA.
Surrender, Rasul and Facebook Marketplace Users in the EU can now use the Services and all of their features through separate accounts. The only difference for Marketplace is that conversations take place over email. In addition to the general Meta Marketplace and Messenger, the European Commission’s Meta rules include Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Meta ads. For example, users can now keep their Facebook and Instagram accounts separate instead of linking data between the two platforms.
The European Commission initially six companies “goalkeepers” Under the DMA: Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft. Among them, there are 22 major platform services that fall under the jurisdiction of the law based on factors such as users, revenue and valuation. Qualification also depends on “if they provide”. major platform services is an important link between businesses and consumers.” ByteDance and Apple It is among other companies challenging the DMA’s rules ahead of their implementation in March 2024. However, Google (which is owned by Alphabet) recently announced that users can stop their platforms such as YouTube and Chrome from sharing data.
