[LINK] AT: 'EU ... demands interoperability between platforms'

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Open Australia is in this space https://www.oaf.org.au/

And SNAP-SEND-SOLVE and Planning Alerts (Open Australia) should be able 
to integrate better with great hulks like Tech One 
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/inner-west-council-spends-94m-on-it-contracts-but-says-no-tender-was-needed-20170604-gwk2an.html

Marghanita

On 27/3/22 22:03, Roger Clarke wrote:
> [ Sheesh, it takes a long time for basic concepts to get through to the
> drones who populate the political sphere.
>
> [ I followed into this space a decade ago (creation-date 13 Apr 12),
> writing things like this, as almost-asides, and citing people who'd
> argued the case - and coded reference implementations - 5 years earlier:
> http://www.rogerclarke.com/II/COSM-1402.html#CI
> http://www.rogerclarke.com/II/COSM-1402.html#COSME
>
>
> EU announces Big Tech crackdown, demands interoperability between platforms
> Lawmakers agree on Digital Markets Act to regulate Big Tech; final votes
> still pending.
> JON BRODKIN
> Ars Technica
> 26 March 2022
> https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/03/eu-to-regulate-gatekeepers-in-crackdown-on-google-apple-amazon-facebook/
>
> "The Digital Markets Act puts an end to the ever-increasing dominance of
> Big Tech companies. From now on, they must show that they also allow for
> fair competition on the Internet," said Andreas Schwab, a member of the
> European Parliament from Germany and rapporteur for Parliament's
> Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee.
>
> EU lawmakers agreed that big messaging services such as Whatsapp,
> Facebook Messenger, and Apple's iMessage "will have to open up and
> interoperate with smaller messaging platforms, if they so request.
> Users of small or big platforms would then be able to exchange messages,
> send files, or make video calls across messaging apps, thus giving them
> more choice," the European Parliament's announcement said.
>
> The wording makes it unclear whether the biggest messaging apps would
> have to work with each other or just with smaller competitors.
>
> Legislators agreed that specific interoperability requirements for
> social networks "will be assessed in the future."
>
> ...
>
>
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