The EU Commission has put Booking.com under its new tech-market control system‚ making the company follow strict rules since it became a gate-keeper last spring
The Digital Markets Act makes big-tech companies do three main things: keep content clean-up good‚ play fair with rivals and let users switch services easy (these rules affect companies that have both lots of users and money)
To be exact a company needs:
* Over 45-million monthly active users
* Market value above 75-billion euros
* Important platform services for business users
If Booking.com doesnt follow these rules‚ it will cost them big-time — up to 10% of their world-wide income; and if they keep breaking rules that number goes up to 20%. The EU can also stop them from buying other companies
The EU made this law to control how much power big-tech firms have in the market: its about making sure small companies can compete and users have more choice. Companies like Booking.com now have to be extra-careful about how they run their business — they cant just do whatever they want anymore