Ronan Dunne: Big role for Ireland as EU takes aim at tech titans

Enforcement action under the Digital Markets Act may see EU officials conducting so-called “dawn raids” on Big Tech HQs in Ireland

EU Commissioner Margrethe Vestager has described the Digital Markets Act as part of the new rule book by which the tech titans, primarily from the US, must now abide.

The long-running saga that is European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager’s campaign against Big Tech looks set to ratchet up a notch in 2023.

This follows the EU’s recent entry into the forcing of new legislation called the Digital Markets Act, or DMA.  The DMA seeks to address concerns regarding "fairness" in the digital economy and introduces a number of prohibitions and obligations on large tech corporations which qualify as “gatekeepers” , primarily in relation to the advertisement or distribution of products.