Tech Policy Press - Digital Markets Act Roundup: February 2025

Europe director Max von Thun advocates for stronger political leadership and unity to defend the EU’s digital rulebook against threats from the US administration.

In March, the first non-compliance decisions against Alphabet, Apple, and Meta are due, which look at “Alphabet's rules on steering in Google Play and self-preferencing on Google Search, Apple's rules on steering in the App Store and the choice screen for Safari and Meta's 'pay or consent model.’” Since launching those investigations last year, the Commission has sent preliminary findings of non-compliance to Apple and Meta, which warned the gatekeepers over which behavior and policies the Commission found to be non-compliant. If the Commission now finds the gatekeepers to be infringing the DMA, the Commission can impose significant fines. In the midst of this, the US president has threatened measures to defend the gatekeepers against European legal action.

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