Gatekeepers are essential to getting important work done and managing the in-flow of people, work and information. But after nearly two decades in communications, I have seen that even well-meaning ...

Margrethe Vestager of the EU helped develop the idea of treating digital companies as “gatekeepers” if they stand in between consumers and other companies. The European Union has led the charge on ...

A major player in the tech world. The "gatekeeper" designation is used because large organizations can influence which competitors have access to the markets they dominate. See Digital Markets Act.

Seven tech giants have informed the EU they meet the threshold to come under landmark new rules to curb their market dominance. Google parent Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, TikTok owner ByteDance, Facebook ...

The Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp apps can be seen on the display of a smartphone, in front of the logo of Meta. Jens Büttner/dpa The European Commission on Monday informed Meta - owner of Facebook ...