“Full Steam Ahead for the Digital Markets Unit” 🇬🇧 “If the UK acts in line with the timings announced today, it now has the opportunity to resume its place in helping to lead the debate internationally.” theplatformlaw.blog/2022/11/…

Full steam ahead for the UK Digital Markets Unit - The Platform Law Blog

UK politics has been in a parlous state. Today the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer attempted to stabilize the country’s finances by announcing some eye-watering tax rises and spending cuts in the...

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Would love to understand better what the dmu is and the other acronyms I think I get it's about digital markets, free markets, competitive markets, and antitrust laws and rules? Fact check me please thank you! I am American you know we can't understand much ;-)
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The DMU, is the Digital Markets Unit, a digital regulation enforcement agency of the UK government currently setup in shadow form. That is setup with staff but without the legislative powers to make interventions. Their role is to conduct investigations and were appropriate
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Make interventions to stop anti-competitive behavior, improve competition and make a better environment for SMEs
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Replying to @OpenWebAdvocacy
That sounds mostly good. I sense hidden agendas, as a wary USA citizen in a predatory capitalist country, seems to edge on the sort of free market, then capitalism, then predatory capitalism steps taken here .And look at us now! Aren't we great? /Me rolls eyes

Nov 18, 2022 · 2:14 AM UTC

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Replying to @mholzschlag @OpenWebAdvocacy
Of course we're bitter in the USA especially after midterms and I'm in Arizona which is a special kind of hell. So much violence, so much death facilitated by politicians. I think many citizens here look for hidden agendas and it might be my cynical viewport of mistrust.