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Business > Foreign Business
Europe's Digital Markets Act is forcing tech giants to make changes
By Associated Press
Mar 06, 2024 4:12 pm

LONDON: Europeans scrolling their phones and computers this week will get new choices for default browsers and search engines, where to download iPhone apps and how their personal online data is used.

They're part of changes required under the Digital Markets Act, a set of European Union regulations that six tech companies classed as 'gatekeepers' — Amazon, Apple, Google parent Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft and TikTok owner ByteDance — will have to start following by midnight Wednesday.

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