[ Sheesh, it takes a long time for basic concepts to get through to the drones who populate the political sphere.
[ I followed into this space a decade ago (creation-date 13 Apr 12), writing things like this, as almost-asides, and citing people who'd argued the case - and coded reference implementations - 5 years earlier: http://www.rogerclarke.com/II/COSM-1402.html#CI http://www.rogerclarke.com/II/COSM-1402.html#COSME EU announces Big Tech crackdown, demands interoperability between platforms Lawmakers agree on Digital Markets Act to regulate Big Tech; final votes still pending. JON BRODKIN Ars Technica 26 March 2022 https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/03/eu-to-regulate-gatekeepers-in-crackdown-on-google-apple-amazon-facebook/ "The Digital Markets Act puts an end to the ever-increasing dominance of Big Tech companies. From now on, they must show that they also allow for fair competition on the Internet," said Andreas Schwab, a member of the European Parliament from Germany and rapporteur for Parliament's Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee. EU lawmakers agreed that big messaging services such as Whatsapp, Facebook Messenger, and Apple's iMessage "will have to open up and interoperate with smaller messaging platforms, if they so request. Users of small or big platforms would then be able to exchange messages, send files, or make video calls across messaging apps, thus giving them more choice," the European Parliament's announcement said. The wording makes it unclear whether the biggest messaging apps would have to work with each other or just with smaller competitors. Legislators agreed that specific interoperability requirements for social networks "will be assessed in the future." ... -- Roger Clarke mailto:[email protected] T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Law University of N.S.W. Visiting Professor in Computer Science Australian National University _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
