Apple, TikTok owner named among 'gatekeepers' in EU tech rules

World's biggest technology companies listed for first time under digital competition law

The EU hopes to give local companies more of a fighting chance by regulating foreign tech giants. © Reuters

TAKASHI TSUJI, Nikkei staff writer

September 7, 2023 00:31 JST

BRUSSELS -- China's ByteDance -- the owner of TikTok -- and U.S. companies Apple, Meta, Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft are subject to new European Union legislation designed to ensure Big Tech plays by EU competition rules, the bloc announced Wednesday.

The six tech giants, designated as "gatekeepers" between users and services, will be required to make services interoperable with competing apps and share data.