UK takes 'light touch' approach to regulating Apple and Google's app stores

1 month ago 6

Last year the UK declared that Apple and Google were a duopoly with "strategic market status" in the mobile platforms market, making them subject to special regulations. However, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will not regulate Google and Apple's app stores like the EU has done. Rather, government plans to enforce its own digital markets rules in a "pragmatic" way by accepting "commitments" from Apple and Google in areas like app rankings, the CMA announced.

Google and Apple agreed to work with the CMA to address concerns on the f...

Source: https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/uk-takes-light-touch-approach-to-regulating-apple-and-googles-app-stores-131119575.html?src=rss

Read Entire Article

Disclaimer of liability !!!

NEWS.SP1.RO is an automatic news aggregator. In each article, taken over by NEWS.SP1.RO with maximum 500 characters from the original article, the source name and hyperlink to the source are specified.

The acquisition of information aims to promote and facilitate access to information, in compliance with intellectual property rights, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the source.

If you are the owner of the content and do not wish to publish your materials, please contact us by email at [email protected] and the content will be deleted as soon as possible.