TikTok challenges EU 'gatekeeper' status at Europe's top court
TikTok says the Digital Markets Act label wrongly subjects it to tougher rules and fines of up to 10% of annual turnover.
- On Tuesday, Bytedance's TikTok made a final appeal at Europe's top court to overturn its 'gatekeeper' designation under the Digital Markets Act, marking the first such challenge heard by the Court of Justice.
- Designated as a 'gatekeeper' in September 2023 alongside major tech firms, TikTok saw its initial legal challenge rejected by a lower court tribunal in 2024, prompting this final appeal.
- TikTok lawyer Bill Batchelor argued that 70%-80% of users 'multihome' on parallel platforms like Facebook and Instagram, claiming ByteDance's market capitalization derives overwhelmingly from its Asian businesses.
- Countering the appeal, a European Commission lawyer maintained the platform meets Digital Markets Act criteria, with Mislav Mataija arguing 'lock-in can occur' for specific user groups despite multihoming.
- With fines reaching 10% of annual turnover at stake, the ruling could reshape Digital Markets Act enforcement, especially as Meta Platforms is also currently contesting its own gatekeeper status.
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TikTok asks Europe’s top court to scrap its gatekeeper status
The Grand Chamber of the CJEU heard ByteDance’s appeal in Case C-627/24 P on Tuesday, the first DMA gatekeeper challenge to reach the bloc’s highest court. ByteDance’s TikTok went before the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union on Tuesday in a last attempt to escape its designation as a “gatekeeper” […] This story continues at The Next Web
Minister of State Wolfram Weimer (partisanless) has called for "the European business of Tiktok to be placed in European hands".The EU should follow the example of the US, he said on Tuesday in Brussels: "The Americans have solved this in a very clever way, also in agreement with Bytedance", the Chinese parent company of the video platform Tiktok. The EU Commission rejected Weimer's demand.Tiktok has transferred its US business to a joint ventur…
TikTok challenges EU 'gatekeeper' status at Europe's top court
Bytedance's social media platform TikTok on Tuesday made a last- ditch attempt at Europe's top court to scrap its designation as a gatekeeper under EU rules, which require it to meet tougher standards as regulators seek to curb the power of Big Tech.
Germany pleaded on Tuesday that TikTok's operations in Europe should be under European control, as was done in the United States to avoid a ban on enforcement."I firmly believe that Europe should be inspired by the American model," said German Minister of Culture Wolfram Weimer. "This means that we should entrust TikTok's European activities to European management," he added on the sidelines of a meeting in Brussels. The application, which was e…
The EU’s war on Big Tech just got a second front
ByteDance’s video-sharing app TikTok went before Europe’s highest court on Tuesday, trying to overturn rules that force it to follow stricter regulations meant to limit the influence of major technology companies. The hearing at the EU Court of Justice marks the first time a company has challenged its classification under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act. How the judges decide could shape whether European regulators succeed in their push to break …
Germany argued on Tuesday that TikTok's operations in Europe should be under European control, as was done in the United States to avoid a ban on enforcement.
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