The EU Has New Rules for Tech Giants—Including Potentially Sharing Data With Rivals 

When it comes to tech giants, the European Commission’s got new rules.

The two drafts—the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act—will be unveiled on Dec. 2. Once finalized, any company that breaks the rules could face being banned from the European market in extreme cases, according to EU industry chief Thierry Breton.

What we know: The Digital Services Act is expected not only to bar tech giants from unfairly promoting their own services, but also to make them share data with rivals and regulatory bodies, reports Reuters.

What we don’t: No word yet on how extensive that data-sharing part of the rule may be. Would TikTok, for example, have to finally unveil the training data underpinning its “For You” algorithm? If so, how helpful would that information be for competing social media platforms—and recommendation algorithms of all kinds?

Tech giants, predictably, are not happy. Last month, a leaked internal Google document outlined a 60-day plan for lobbying against the EU’s new rules.

• In a dramatic twist, Breton reportedly surprised Google CEO Sundar Pichai with the document on an already-scheduled video call. (Pichai apologized.)