LONDON (AP) — TikTok owner ByteDance can’t avoid the bloc’s crackdown on digital giants, a European Union court said Wednesday in a decision that found the video sharing platform falls under a new law that also covers Apple, Google and Microsoft.

TikTok owner ByteDance on Wednesday lost its court challenge against its designation as a gatekeeper under landmark European Union rules, in a boost for

The EU General Court has ruled that ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, must comply with the Digital Markets Act, classifying it as an online gatekeeper alongside Apple, Google, and Microsoft. Despite ByteDance's argument against this classification,

TikTok lost an appeal Wednesday to escape new digital rules that seek to rein in the power of big tech after an EU court rejected its challenge.

The General Court of the European Union (GC) on Wednesday ruled that ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, qualifies as a gatekeeper under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which subjects the company to

An EU court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit by ByteDance, owner of video-sharing platform TikTok, against the European Commission's decision to list the company as a digital "gatekeeper." The Digital Markets Act (DMA) regulates the behaviour of gatekeepers,

The European Union Court of Justice Wednesday dismissed TikTok's legal challenge to digital gatekeeper status. That status allows the EU to regulate the Chinese-owned app.

Under the DMA (Digital Markets Act), the EU designated a list of big companies as “gatekeepers.” This label requires them to meet a series of common requirements to ensure that new services can compete.