Big Tech Faces Ban From Favoring Own Services Under European Union Rules

Big tech firms could be banned from preferencing their own services in search rankings or exclusively pre-installing their own applications on devices, under new regulations planned by the European Union. As part of the EU’s Digital Services Act, platforms with power to control could also have to share customer data with business rivals. Due to be unveiled in December by the European Commission, the bloc’s executive body, the legislation will seek to modernize rules governing the internet to give platforms greater responsibility for what users post on their sites as well as propose regulation aimed at curbing the power of large platforms.