EU Names 6 Big Tech Companies 'Gatekeepers' 

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The EU has named six big tech companies as so called gatekeepers under its new Digital Market Act. The six companies listed are Apple Google, parent company alphabet Amazon, Facebook, parent company, Meta Microsoft and China's Bike Dance. The EU says these companies provide a quote important gateway between business and consumers in relation to core platform services including video sharing, search, web browsing and advertising. They will have six months to ensure full compliance with the act. The EU has also opened five investigations into Microsoft and Apple to determine whether or not some of their services qualify as gatekeepers.