{"id":58849,"date":"2026-04-20T15:46:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/glossary\/dma\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T17:41:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T17:41:12","slug":"dma","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/en\/glossary\/dma\/","title":{"rendered":"DMA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Digital Markets Act (DMA) is a regulation issued by the European Commission to combat the anti-competitive practices of large digital platforms. Scheduled to come into force in spring 2023, this regulation specifically targets major players in the sector, referred to as &#8220;gatekeepers.&#8221; These entities are defined as participants with a significant impact on the internal market, acting as key entry points for businesses seeking to reach their customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the main provisions of the DMA are several key measures. First, platforms are prohibited from favoring their own products or services over those of their competitors. Second, they are required to allow users to choose the services, such as search engines and web browsers, they wish to use. Furthermore, they are required to allow users to uninstall pre-installed applications on their smartphones and to grant third-party marketplace sellers access to certain data. Finally, they are also prohibited from restricting user companies in their ability to offer their products or services on other platforms or distribution channels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Digital Markets Act (DMA) is a regulation issued by the European Commission to combat the anti-competitive practices of large digital platforms. Scheduled to come into force in spring 2023, this regulation specifically targets major players in the sector, referred to as &#8220;gatekeepers.&#8221; These entities are defined as participants with a significant impact on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"wds_primary_glossary-categories":0,"footnotes":""},"glossary-categories":[102],"glossary-tags":[],"class_list":["post-58849","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry","glossary-categories-intellectual-property-marketing-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/58849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/58849\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"glossary-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-categories?post=58849"},{"taxonomy":"glossary-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitionary.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-tags?post=58849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}