1. What is the DMA?
The Digital Markets Act is a legislative proposal from the
European Commission intended to ensure a higher level of
competition in European digital markets. It will prevent large
companies, referred to in the proposal as "gatekeepers",
from abusing their market power so that new companies will be able
to enter the market.
Together with the Digital Services Act, the Digital Markets Act
is one of the core elements of Europe's digital strategy.
2. What is the rationale behind this proposal?
Large online platforms such as Meta, Amazon, and Google which
are characterised by significant network effects, and which are
typically embedded in their own platform ecosystems are key
elements of today's digital economy, where they act as the
intermediary in most transactions between end-users and business
users. A number of these platforms also comprehensively track and
profile end users, collecting and storing large amounts of personal
data on these
