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

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

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

TAKASHI TSUJI, Nikkei staff writer

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.

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