In a world where digital services have become as essential as electricity, the European Union is stepping up its commitment to ensuring a safer and fairer digital space. The Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA) are the EU’s latest weapons in its arsenal to regulate the digital economy.

TikTok owner ByteDance on Wednesday lost its court challenge against its designation as a gatekeeper under landmark European Union rules, in a boost for

The EU General Court has ruled that ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, must comply with the Digital Markets Act, classifying it as an online gatekeeper alongside Apple, Google, and Microsoft. Despite ByteDance's argument against this classification,

The European Union Court of Justice Wednesday dismissed TikTok's legal challenge to digital gatekeeper status. That status allows the EU to regulate the Chinese-owned app.

The General Court of the European Union (GC) on Wednesday ruled that ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, qualifies as a gatekeeper under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which subjects the company to

Under the DMA (Digital Markets Act), the EU designated a list of big companies as “gatekeepers.” This label requires them to meet a series of common requirements to ensure that new services can compete.