Europe's Digital Markets Act is forcing tech giants to make changes. Here's what that will look like

The new rules have broad but vague goals of making digital markets "fairer” and "more contestable." They are kicking in as efforts around the world to crack down on the tech industry are picking up pace. — Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD/AFP

LONDON: Europeans scrolling their phones and computers this week will get new choices for default browsers and search engines, where to download iPhone apps and how their personal online data is used.

They're part of changes required under the Digital Markets Act, a set of European Union regulations that six tech companies classed as "gatekeepers” -– Amazon, Apple, Google parent Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft and TikTok owner ByteDance – will have to start following by midnight Wednesday.