By Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst ( December 15, 2020, 15:33 GMT | Insight) -- Amazon, Facebook, Google and Apple face an array of new legal duties and bans under new draft digital rules unveiled by the European Commission today. Under the Digital Markets Act, the commission will be solely responsible for ensuring that “gatekeeper” platforms don't harm competition, and for being vigilant to the emergence of new gatekeepers, with national authorities playing an advisory role.Amazon, Facebook, Google and Apple face an array of new legal duties and bans, as EU policymakers today unveiled draft digital rules that would ramp up scrutiny on powerful platforms and could see fines running into the billions of euros....
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