Good morning Fediverse's EU tech policy nerds!
Up today: the @EUCommission's #DMA workshop with #gatekeeper#Microsoft.
(Sorry #NGIForum25 two floors below, no time for you today 馃槍)
We haven't started yet and the room is still empty, but I'm hoping we'll discuss how #Windows is abused to dominate other markets, by aggressively nudging users to #Edge, #Xbox, #OneDrive, #ChatGPT, etc.
Kick-off by @EUCommission's Director for #DSA/#DMA enforcement Rita Wezenbeek.
Only some 20 people in the room but she says over 200 following online. Hopefully many journalists. 馃挭
The way #Microsoft (and other #gatekeepers) present #DMA compliance is soooo annoying!
The "regulatory dialogue" with the Commission, according to #Linkedin's competition director, was a way for the company to "mature and progress in our DMA journey."
It's not a "journey", it's a law that creates legal obligations and prohibitions for the company. Get over it and get it down already. 馃槧
After a lengthy statement by the #Linkedin rep, read out from paper with a machine-like voice, first questions from the audience:
Consumer org @beuc wants to know whether Linkedin's A/B testing for compliance solutions have been neutral and if the test results will be published. Super important for compliance #transparency!
Linkedin rep says they did NOT explicitly test their compliance solutions for neutrality. 馃憖
And results are probably not be public. How the heck is the public then supposed to know if compliance is working?
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