On Thursday 16 November, the Chinese video-sharing platform TikTok announced that it would be challenging its designation as a gatekeeper under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) legislation (see EUROPE B13275A19) before the European courts.
TikTok believes that it does not meet the DMA criteria for its market position. According to the DMA, to be designated as such, gatekeepers must occupy an “entrenched and durable” position in the market. However, TikTok considers itself “far from...