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The European Union’s Digital Markets Act also classes a small group of companies, like Google and Apple, as gatekeepers.

In the internet age, its role "has shifted from solitary gatekeeper to anchor signal inside a network where media exposure and online reviews amplify, rather than replace, its certification," he told AFP.

“From Internet memes to late-night comedians, from cartoons to the plays and poems as old as organized government itself — Political Satire circumvents traditional gatekeepers & helps hold those in power accountable,” he continued.

“We wanted this man-like figure to be the gatekeeper of death, and we wanted him to talk of death or the afterworld,” added Sato.

The concentration of station ownership reduces the number of independent gatekeepers who might push back against political or regulatory pressure.