European Union: Opened European Commission market investigation to assess X’s rebuttal submitted against designation as gatekeeper based on online social networking service X

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Opened European Commission market investigation to assess X’s rebuttal submitted against designation as gatekeeper based on online social networking service X

On 13 May 2024, the European Commission announced that it is opening a market investigation to assess X's rebuttal submitted against the designation as gatekeeper based on online social networking service X. The rebuttal contends that, although X me…

Scope

Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority

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2024-03-04
under deliberation

On 4 March 2024, the European Commission received a notification from X indicating that its core pl…

2024-05-13
in force

On 13 May 2024, the European Commission announced that it is opening a market investigation to asse…