UK's tough Big Tech regulator to remain permanently toothless – Naples FL

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The UK Digital Markets Unit was launched in 2020 and was expected to be given legal powers of enforcement over big tech in 2022. But, the UK government is now not expected to empower the group at all.

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It was described as a “tough new regulator” by the UK, which said in its 2020 announcement that its new Digital Markets Unit would prevent Big Tech misusing market dominance. Formally launched in 2021, the unit came under the aegis of the Competition and Markets Authority, but requires more legislation to fulfill its announced remit.