Elon Musk’s new policy preventing linking to competitors on Twitter is in Direct Violation of European Union rules regarding the Digital Markets

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1. Example of the “don’ts” – Gatekeeper platforms may no longer:

   * treat services and products offered by the gatekeeper itself more favourably in ranking than similar services or products offered by third parties on the gatekeeper’s platform

   * prevent consumers from linking up to businesses outside their platforms

   * prevent users from un-installing any pre-installed software or app if they wish so

   * track end users outside of the gatekeepers’ core platform service for the purpose of targeted advertising, without effective consent having been granted

2. Reminder to delete your twitter account, if you can.

3. While reading a bit about this, wikipedia claims that twitter would not be subject to this law as they do not meet the required thresholds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Markets_Act#Spotify