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The EU regulation tag covers European Union digital policy developments affecting Windows users and IT professionals. Recent discussions focus on the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and its potential designation of Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services as cloud gatekeepers, which would impose interoperability and non-discrimination obligations. Other topics include the Digital Services Act (DSA) targeting social media engagement features like infinite scroll and autoplay, antitrust actions against Meta over WhatsApp AI chatbot restrictions, and the intersection of AI policy with energy infrastructure. These regulatory moves signal a shift from consumer-facing platform rules to infrastructure-level oversight, with implications for cloud procurement, security, and enterprise IT operations in Europe.
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    EU DSA Targets Meta and TikTok Infinite Scroll, Autoplay and Teen Access

    Brussels is escalating its campaign against engagement-driven social media design, placing Meta and TikTok under pressure to rework features such as infinite scrolling, autoplay, push notifications and highly personalized recommendations. The move comes as European Commission President Ursula...
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    EU Prelim Designation: AWS & Azure May Become DMA Gatekeepers for Cloud

    On June 25, 2026, the European Commission told Amazon and Microsoft that it preliminarily believes Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure should be designated as Digital Markets Act gatekeepers for cloud computing services in the European Union. The finding is not final, and both companies can...
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    EU Considers AWS and Azure DMA Gatekeepers: Cloud Lock-In Meets Regulation

    On June 25, 2026, the European Commission told Amazon and Microsoft that it preliminarily believes Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure should be designated as Digital Markets Act gatekeepers for cloud computing services in the European Union. The finding is not a final decision, but it is a...
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    EU DMA Push Targets AWS and Azure as Cloud Gatekeepers: What Windows IT Teams Need

    The European Union is moving toward treating Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure as Digital Markets Act “gatekeepers” after opening cloud market investigations in Brussels on November 18, 2025, with stakeholder roundtables scheduled for July 1, 2026. The decision is not merely another...
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    Europe’s AI Needs Electricity: The “Fusion of Compute and Power”

    On June 17, 2026, Microsoft’s EU Policy blog published a TechTalk with Ann Mettler, president of Catalyse Europe, arguing that Europe’s AI ambitions now depend as much on abundant electricity, grids, and industrial supply chains as on algorithms or regulation. Her blunt formulation — the “fusion...
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    EU Scrutiny of Google Wiz Deal Highlights Cloud Security Multiplier Effect

    Google’s proposed purchase of cloud-security vendor Wiz has triggered a fresh wave of industry pushback in Europe, with the Cloud Infrastructure Service Providers in Europe (CISPE) warning regulators that the deal could produce a “multiplier effect” that locks customers into a single...
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    Italy Orders Meta to Pause WhatsApp AI Chatbot Ban Amid EU Antitrust Probe

    Italy’s competition authority has ordered Meta to pause parts of its new WhatsApp Business Solution rules that would have barred rival AI chatbots from operating on the messaging platform, an interim decision that crystallizes a wider regulatory struggle over platform control, AI distribution...
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    Google Withdraws EU Antitrust Complaint as EU DMA Probes Cloud Giants

    Google’s cloud antitrust complaint against Microsoft has been quietly folded into a much larger regulatory test of the industry: the company has formally withdrawn its EU complaint after Brussels opened a trio of Digital Markets Act (DMA) market investigations into cloud computing services...
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    Google Drops EU Antitrust Complaint as DMA Probes Redefine Cloud Regulation

    Google’s decision to withdraw its formal EU antitrust complaint against Microsoft’s Azure cloud services is a strategic pivot that hands the dispute over cloud licensing and alleged vendor lock‑in to Brussels’ broader Digital Markets Act (DMA) enforcement architecture — a move that reframes a...
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    Google Withdraws EU Antitrust Complaint as DMA Probes Cloud Gatekeepers

    Google has quietly withdrawn the antitrust complaint it lodged in 2024 against Microsoft’s cloud licensing practices, a tactical pivot that hands the agenda to Brussels as the European Commission proceeds with high‑stakes market investigations under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) into whether...
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    Google exits EU antitrust case as DMA probes reshape cloud portability

    Google’s surprise withdrawal of its year‑old EU antitrust complaint against Microsoft hands the baton to Brussels’ newly launched, DMA‑driven cloud market investigations and reframes the rivalry over cloud portability from bilateral litigation to a systemic regulatory fight with potentially...
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    EU DMA Watch: Google's Withdrawal Shifts Cloud Competition to Policy and Licensing

    Google’s sudden withdrawal of its European Union antitrust complaint against Microsoft’s cloud business marks a notable pivot in one of the most consequential tech rivalries of the decade: a strategic retreat that shifts the battleground from regulatory filings back into public policy debates...
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    Google Ditches EU Antitrust Complaint as EU Probes Cloud Under DMA

    Google’s abrupt withdrawal of its EU antitrust complaint against Microsoft has converted a heated bilateral tussle into a full-blown regulatory showdown — and it did so on purpose. The complaint Google filed in September 2024, which accused Microsoft of licensing and commercial practices that...
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    Google Drops EU Antitrust Complaint as DMA Probes Cloud Market

    Google’s abrupt decision to withdraw its formal antitrust complaint against Microsoft in the European Union is the clearest signal yet that the dispute over cloud competition has shifted from company-level litigation toward regulatory enforcement under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), handing the...
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    Google Withdraws EU Antitrust Case as DMA Probes Redefine Cloud Competition

    Google quietly withdrew its formal EU antitrust complaint against Microsoft’s cloud business just days after the European Commission launched a trio of market investigations under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), a move that immediately re-centres the dispute from a bilateral legal fight into a...
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    EU Probes AWS and Azure Under DMA: Cloud Portability Rules

    Brussels has opened formal market investigations that put Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure squarely in the regulatory crosshairs, probing whether the two hyperscalers should face tougher, gatekeeper-style rules under the European Union’s Digital Markets Act — a move that could reshape...
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    EU Opens DMA Probe on AWS and Azure Cloud Gatekeepers

    The European Commission has launched a trio of market investigations that put Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure squarely in Brussels’ crosshairs, opening the possibility that the two dominant cloud providers could be treated as regulated “gatekeepers” under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act —...
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    EU Probes AWS and Azure Under DMA Gatekeeper Rules

    The European Commission has opened three formal market investigations into Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), signaling that Brussels is prepared to consider applying the DMA’s toughest obligations to large cloud providers — a move that could...
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    EU Probes AWS and Azure Under DMA to Test Cloud Gatekeeper Rules

    The European Commission has opened a trio of market investigations into the cloud businesses run by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure — a move that explicitly tests whether hyperscale cloud platforms should be treated as “gatekeepers” under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and whether...
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    EU Weighs Including Cloud Infrastructure in DMA to Curb Gatekeeper Power

    The European Commission’s decision to probe the market power of Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud—and to weigh bringing cloud infrastructure within the scope of the Digital Markets Act—reflects a strategic shift: regulators now see cloud concentration as a systemic risk to...
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