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FACEBOOK OWNER META has said it will appeal the inclusion of its Messenger and Marketplace products in tough curbs on digital giants that the EU unveiled in September.
Brussels is working through a dense legislative agenda to build tougher regulation of big tech, arguing it needs to protect European consumers online and to encourage competition in an industry dominated by US giants.
In early September, it announced a list of 22 companies — including Meta, Apple and TikTok parent ByteDance — that will face tough new curbs under the application of the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
The law will force the largest firms to change their ways under a checklist of dos and don’ts and, regulators hope, create a fairer market.
Today, Meta said it would appeal the inclusion of Messenger and Marketplace under the legislation.
“This appeal seeks clarification on specific points of law regarding the designations of Messenger and Marketplace under the DMA,” said a Meta spokesperson.
“It does not alter or detract from our firm commitment to complying with the DMA, and we will continue to work constructively with the European Commission to prepare for compliance”.
The European Commission did not immediately comment on the move when asked by AFP.
In September, the European Commission, the EU’s powerful antitrust body, named 22 “core platform” services belonging to five US tech behemoths identified as “gatekeepers” — Google parent Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft — and China’s ByteDance.
The companies involved must fully comply with the DMA by 6 March 2024.
The “gatekeeper” status applies when a service has more than 45 million monthly active users and more than 10,000 yearly active business users established in the EU.
One of the DMA’s main aims is to stop larger players crushing the progression of smaller companies that threaten to become rivals by gobbling them up through takeovers.
The EU has led the way globally for taking on big tech.
The DMA, alongside its sister law, the Digital Services Act (DSA), gives the commission sharper teeth against tech behemoths that critics say have for too long been given free rein to act to the detriment of users.
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The sad thing is that this ‘artist’ will probably garner quite a following because of his idiotic actions.
And spraying paint on a stencil – while it may make a statement on a concrete wall – is hardly art. You are right Mart_n, gobsh*tes will think this is a statement of something other than vandalism.
Agree with the first point but Sharon I completely disagree about your point on stencils not being artistic
Why would any artist desecrate another artist work?
Stencils are not art – by any stretch of the imagination. Hope the wonker gets fined at least 10 000 euros for this and a prison sentence. As for the security guard shouting you cant take photographs, pity he wasnt doing his job in the first place and this act of vandalism wouldnt have happened.
What if the artist made the stencil? And there is no clear definition of what is and is not art, thats half the fun!
He should be jailed for cultural assassination. He has destroyed a piece of world heritage
Yeah, come on! Who cares about Picasso! Them bankers took our jobs! Grrr!
On a serious note; I’d argue that stencils are a form of art. The stencil has to be designed by the artist just like any other artform. Think of them as the storyboards to a film. It’s all part of a process.
I obviously don’t condone vandalising works like this, but it’s an interesting phenomena all the same.
Stencils are art! Someone has to come up with the idea, cut the shape and choose an appropriate medium on which to place it. It is born out of creativity, the definition of art in my opinion!nnOh. Plus this guy was a moron.
Have a glass of water.
Lickee likeee wayupnorth. Hey that sounds good
The Journal.ie with more irrelevant Americana …
I clicked on the link in order to comment. Yeah. The story came through on Twitter.
Where’s that lad Picasso from again?
Andalusia Spain
That bit of sarcasm Nivag went right over my head – lol
(I know, Ann. Was being a bit sarcy)
‘The act was carried out by “young Mexican-American artist Uriel Landeros”’ — this is not a story about Picasso. It’s some sort of protest by a “young Mexican-American artist”. Who gives a shit? There are important things going on in this part of the world. But the USA ranks very highly with the Journal.
There again, maybe you’re a life-long Picasso enthusiast … along with the “editors” of the Journal. ;)
Give it a rest, wayupnorth. You’ve made a boo-boo, stop digging.
LOL You wish.
OK, keep digging then. You look smarter with every post.
Stop projecting.
All the Irish (and other) Picasso enthusiasts can relax. “most of the damage to the more than 80-year-old artwork has been fixed.”
http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/4e67281c3f754d0696fbfdee0f3f1469/Article_2012-06-19-Picasso%20Vandalism/id-76d0305087114f5d97c50df31835aecc
Wasn’t that exciting?
I personally couldn’t care less. But thanks for the update.
Well it took 40 mins of your day up apparently
Cheers, wayupnorth. You can toddle off back to your usual insular xenophobe haunts now, thanks.
I don’t like American arse. If that bothers you, too bad.
Correction – lick, not like.
I am personally really disappointed with the guy who forced wayupnorth to click on this link and make more than ten comments each stupider than the last. It’s appalling that people are forced to click links and comment like that. Tyranny.
You’ve got it all wrong I’m afraid. :)
I commented because I WANTED to. See? Doing my own thing. Not copying anyone, either here or in the USA. And no amount of puerile sarcasm will change that.
Is there some that can sit with you ’til the ambulance arrives, wayupnorth?
“Additional reporting by AP” – is that accurate? Or is the whole thing just quoted from AP?
Hi ‘wayupnorth’.
“Additional reporting from AP’ means just that – that some of the information in the story comes from the Associated Press service, and some from other sources.
As for important things going in in this part of the world, I’m sure if you peruse the rest of the site, particularly the ‘Irish’ section, you will find something more to your taste. This story is of interest to some of our readers, if not you in particular.
Thanks for reading,
Emer
Other sources? The whole thing seems remarkably similar to here
http://www.businessinsider.com/video-watch-some-jerk-vandalize-a-picasso-in-texas-2012-6
So what “other sources”?
ah, that one is quoting YOU. I see.
Yes, it is the same story. Business Insider have permission to reproduce stories from TheJournal.ie.
Chortle
So ‘Business Insider’ quotes ‘the Journal’, which is quoting ‘AP’.
Sounds pretty incestuous and time-wasting. And unoriginal.
(But Nivag Yeoh is amused. Clearly not a journalist. Ho hum …)
oooh, don’t forget yer shovel if ya want ta go to work!
Why not unsubscribe? Nobody forces you to read this stuff!
Meouwwww Emer!
I wonder if he can apply for artist tax exemption in this country after that stunt?
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