European companies I could find which the European Commission has taken action against with the Digital Services Act:
Zalando has three enforcement actions against them since June 2023
Booking.com has one
Technius (mainly streaming) has two
WebGroup CZ (Adult entertainment) has five
Wow, I did not know that, thanks for making me aware of this. I guess the tech press only covers the big cases? I didn't even know there were so many cases already.
edit: I looked it up - you are talking about the DSA (digital services act) while I was talking about the DMA (the one including the gatekeeper specification) - so that's not really what I meant....
> we simply don't have any gatekeepers here
Booking would love that to be the case. And last I heard, Zalando is currently fighting the EU over having to comply with the DMA.
No, this is under the DSA (digital services act), not the DMA.
The DSA tells platforms how they must keep users safe and transparent, the DMA tells the largest gatekeepers how they must behave toward competitors and business users.
Booking is on the DMA designated gatekeepers list: https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/gatekeepers_en
It looks like you're right that Zalando is on the DSA list, though.
That said, you can't argue that this isn't protectionist - we simply don't have any gatekeepers here, so if we're fair the DMA is only hitting international competitors (except Spotify maybe?)