ByteDance’s DMA rebuttal insufficient to trigger probe, EU court opinion says (update*)
By Nicholas Hirst ( October 15, 2026, 09:17 GMT | Insight) -- ByteDance did not bring forward strong-enough arguments to force EU regulators to reconsider whether TikTok should be subject to the bloc’s law for digital “gatekeepers,” according to a legal opinion published for the EU’s top court. ByteDance did not bring forward strong-enough arguments to force EU regulators to reconsider whether TikTok should be subject to the bloc’s law for digital “gatekeepers,” according to a legal opinion published for the EU’s top court. ...
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