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Politico (16 December 2020)

By Laura Kayali And Thibault Larger

The European Commission on Tuesday presented its new rulebook to boost digital competition and protect citizens from online harm — but there's a long way to go before it gets signed into law. 

Under the proposals, known as the Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act, big online platforms like Google, Amazon and Facebook will face new limits and obligations on how they police content on their platforms and how they interact with their business users.

The Digital Markets Act will impose new obligations on so-called gatekeepers, or online players that determine how other companies interact with online users, to ensure that they don't stop other companies from competing for users.

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