EU digital rules put spotlight on Google, Amazon, FacebookGoogle and Amazon will have to tell companies how they rank products on their platforms while Facebook and other tech firms will have to be more transparent about their terms and conditions under new EU rules approved on Wednesday. SEE ALSO :Google announces AI grammar checker for G Suite usersNegotiators from all three bodies reached a political deal in February. The new rules, which will cover 7,000 online companies, target e-commerce market places, app stores, social media and price comparison tools. Google’s three products Play, Shopping and Search, Apple’s App Store, Microsoft’s Store and Bing, Amazon Marketplace, eBay, Fnac Marketplace, Facebook’s Instagram, Skyscanner, Yahoo! and DuckDuckGo are some of the companies affected by the rules.

Source: Standard Digital April 29, 2019 22:49 UTC