On Tuesday, EU industry head Thierry Breton announced that Alibaba’s (9988. HK) AliExpress, Amazon’s Marketplace, Apple’s App Store, and 16 other internet businesses would be subject to new EU online content restrictions starting in August.
Booking.com (BKNG.O), Facebook (META.O), Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google Maps, Play, Search, Shopping, Instagram, Linkedin, Pinterest, Snapchat, TikTok, Twitter, Wikipedia, YouTube, Microsoft’s Bing, and Zalando (ZALG.DE) are the other 16.
The Digital Services Act (DSA) mandates risk management, external and independent audits, data sharing with authorities and academics, and a code of conduct for enterprises with more than 45 million monthly active users.
“We consider these 19 online platforms and search engines have become systematically relevant and have special responsibilities to make the internet safer,” Breton told reporters.
He was reviewing whether another four to five enterprises come under the DSA, with a judgment likely in the next several weeks.