Matrix and messaging interoperability: DMA 2025 Guide

What is Matrix and why is it important in 2025?

Matrix is a UK-based non-profit organization whose revolutionary project aims to make instant messaging and VoIP ecosystems interoperable, just as email ecosystems are today.

The Digital Markets Act (DMA): Current regulatory context

The Digital Markets Act (DMA) is a crucial European regulation proposal for 2025, relating to contestable and fair markets in the digital sector. This regulation directly addresses the thorny issue of how to regulate large digital platforms such as WhatsApp and Facebook.

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Technical resources and implementation

The main article discusses the technical aspects of such a deployment (in the language of Shakespeare):

- Main article: https://matrix.org/blog/2022/03/29/how-do-you-implement-interoperability-in-a-dma-world

Additional articles on interoperability:

- Technical FAQ on the DMA: https://matrix.org/blog/2022/03/30/technical-faq-on-the-digital-markets-act

- Interoperability without sacrificing privacy: https://matrix.org/blog/2022/03/25/interoperability-without-sacrificing-privacy-matrix-and-the-dma

Demystifying the gatekeepers' arguments: https://matrix.org/blog/2022/02/03/digital-markets-act-and-interoperability-myth-debunking-of-the-gatekeepers-arguments

Key points to remember

Essential quote from The Matrix:

"The bottom line is, we should not be scared of interoperability, just because we've grown used to a broken world where nothing can interconnect. There are tractable ways to solve it in a way that empowers and informs the user - and the DMA has now given the industry the opportunity to demonstrate that it can work."

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