ByteDance v. Commission - The EU General Court has set first bars for gatekeeper designation decisions under the Digital Markets Act

Abstract

The Digital Markets Act (DMA) is a revolutionary tool to regulate EU digital markets, it complements competition law by imposing ex ante obligations on the largest digital undertakings. The General Court judgement in the ByteDance case was the first test of the limits of this expediated enforcement and resulted in a remarkable win for the Commission. The Court dismissed ByteDance’s appeal against the European Commission’s decision to designate ByteDance with its social network TikTok as gatekeeper under the DMA.

Keywords

• ByteDance | Peking
• Competition Law
• DMA
• Digital Markets Act
• Platform Regulation
• TikTok