US government: EU penalty against Apple and Meta is “economic extortion”

US government: EU penalty against Apple and Meta is "economic extortion"

The US return carriage for the EU’s EU Low and Meta was not long in coming: such punishments are a “new form of economic blackmail” and was “not tolerated”, a spokesman for the White House said in a statement, From which the Reuters news agency quotes, among other things. Such a regulation of US corporations … Read more

EU penalties against Apple and Meta: game, sentence, but by no means victory

EU penalties against Apple and Meta: game, sentence, but by no means victory

In the eternal ping pong game about the EU regulation of tech companies, we finally approach the end of the first sentence: Since the issue of European digital laws, the EU Commission and the mostly US companies have been publicly back and forth. The fine notices against Apple and Meta with penalties of 500 and … Read more

EU fines Apple with € 500 million, Meta “gets rid of” only € 200 million

EU fines Apple with € 500 million, Meta "gets rid of" only € 200 million

The European Union fines Apple and META with breakthrough sums due to violations and refusal to implement some of the rules in the digital market act in force within the Union. Apple will bear a penalty of € 500 million while Mark Zuckerberg’s company will have to pay barely € 200 million. The fine aimed … Read more

DMA: EU Commission impose high punishments against Apple and Meta

DMA: EU Commission impose high punishments against Apple and Meta

According to the EU Commission, Apple has to pay a penalty of 500 million euros because it violates the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The procedure has been running since last year-since then, according to its own statements, the EU Commission has given several clear indications of how the company had to adjust its services in … Read more

Nude image filter and no live videos: Meta widet teen accounts

Nude image filter and no live videos: Meta widet teen accounts

Young people who use Instagram automatically end up in a teen account. This means that you can only use the photo and video platform to a limited extent. Meta explains that the process with which the young users had been transferred has now been completed. The teen accounts should now also move in on Facebook … Read more

Violations of EU rules: supposedly only low punishments for Apple and Meta

Violations of EU rules: supposedly only low punishments for Apple and Meta

Apple and Meta are the first penalties for alleged violations of the EU Act on Digital Markets (Digital Markets Act, DMA). Competitional authorities will instruct Apple to change certain app store rules and impose a “minimal” punishment against the group. The Financial Times reports on Friday People familiar with the decision. Meta must be “agreed … Read more