National antitrust watchdogs want more say in enforcing EU tech rules


FILE PHOTO: Facebook logo in 3D in front of the EU flag, May 15, 2015. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - German and French antitrust watchdogs and their counterparts in the other 25 EU countries on Wednesday argued for a bigger role in enforcing proposed tough new rules reining in Alphabet unit Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon.

The Digital Markets Act (DMA), proposed by the European Commission last year, targets online gatekeepers - companies that control data and access to their platforms - which thousands of businesses and millions of Europeans rely on for their work or social interactions.

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