Yesterday marked the compliance deadline for the six tech giants regulated under the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). Alphabet/Google, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance/TikTok, Meta, and Microsoft are now actively being assessed by EU enforcers.
The EU will monitor their adherence to DMA requirements, ensuring fair treatment of business users of their core platform services while meeting legal obligations in areas such as data portability, platform interoperability, and user choice. Non-compliance can lead to significant fines, up to 10% to 20% of their global annual turnover.
The first batch of gatekeeper compliance reports, non-confidential versions, are available on the Commission’s DMA website. Links to individual reports can be found below.
The reports vary in detail. Apple’s summary is concise, focused on changes to its App Store, iOS, and Safari. Microsoft has divided its disclosures into multiple documents, covering its core platform services (Windows and LinkedIn).
Amazon’s report is visually appealing, Google’s report is dense, and Microsoft’s report is extensive and legalistic. ByteDance’s report is raw and legalistic, while Meta’s report is polished with PR spin.
Commission enforcers will need to scrutinize these reports to determine the tech giants’ DMA compliance.
Links to the gatekeepers’ first batch of public-facing DMA compliance reports can be found below.
For more information on the DMA, its goals, and early effects, refer to our explainer.
Links to gatekeeper DMA compliance reports:
Alphabet/Google (211 pages)
Amazon (32 pages)
Apple (12 pages)
ByteDance/TikTok (52 pages)
Meta (57 pages)
Microsoft divided its non-confidential DMA compliance reporting into several documents: Summary (13 pages), Windows PC OS (164 pages), LinkedIn (244 pages) — totaling 421 pages. Microsoft also published five documents on consumer profiling audits conducted in its core platform services, adding 104 pages for a total of 525 pages in this reporting round.
