European flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
BRUSSELS, March 2 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's X social media platform, TikTok owner ByteDance and Booking.com may meet EU criteria subjecting them to tough tech rules as so-called gatekeepers, the European Commission said late Friday, after notifications by the companies.
Such companies are required to make their messaging apps interoperate with rivals and let users decide which apps to pre-install on their devices, among other obligations, starting from March 7.
They are not allowed to favour their own services over rivals' or prevent users from removing pre-installed software or apps.
ByteDance was labelled a gatekeeper in July last year but TikTok has challenged that at Europe's second-highest court. It is not clear what other ByteDance services could be considered a core platform service under the DMA.
Booking.com (BKNG.O), opens new tab last year said it expected to fall into the gatekeeper group this year due to the addition of more users.
Alphabet (GOOGL.O), opens new tab, Amazon (AMZN.O), opens new tab, Apple (AAPL.O), opens new tab, Meta (META.O), opens new tab and Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab were designated gatekeepers last year.
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