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Apple and Meta Could Face Minor Fines for Violating the Digital Markets Act
Apple and Meta are preparing to receive relatively small fines for allegedly breaking the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), a law aimed at limiting the power of big tech companies and boosting competition. According to sources familiar with the matter, the European Commission is more focused on getting the…
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Meta to Appeal €797M Fine by EU Commission for Favoring Facebook Marketplace
Not only has Apple been fined by the European Commission for its dominant position, but Meta has also suffered the same fate, receiving a fine of €797.72 million. The company has been penalized for alleged abusive practices favoring its Facebook Marketplace. In response to the fine, Meta plans to appeal…
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EC Formally Investigating Amazon for Anti-Competitive Conduct
Amazon is feeling the pressure from the European Commission (EC). There is now officially a formal investigation underway on whether the retail giant breaches competition rules in the European Union. The commission acknowledges Amazon’s dual role as a platform: I.E. (i) it sells products on its website as a retailer;…
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Google Decides To Appeal EU $5BN Fine
Google Decides To Appeal EU $5BN Fine Earlier this year, a European Commission hit Google with a $5BN fine. Yes, that’s five billion Dollars. Just so we’re clear! Why did they do this? Well, it was felt that the parent company (Alphabet) was deliberately breaching antitrust laws in regards to…
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Asus, Denon, Philips, and Pioneer Fined €111 Million for Price Fixing
Strong-Arming Retailers Four consumer electronic firms were fined by the European Commission 111 million euros on Tuesday for fixing prices on their resold items. The companies are ASUS, Denon & Marantz, Philips and Pioneer, who apparently sanctioned retailers who would not comply with their price suggestions. This includes blocking the…
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Mark Zuckerberg EU Meeting Deemed Missed Opportunity
Mark Zuckerberg EU Meeting Deemed Disappointing and missed opportunity Yesterday, Mark Zuckerberg faced the EU Commission to discuss the recent data scandal and other matters which rocked the social media site. Specifically, how it intends to deal with much of the criticism leveled at it. There has, after all, been…
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European Commission Is Investigating ASUS for Price Manipulation
Price manipulation is a very serious issue, and it looks like ASUS, alongside other brands such as Pioneer, Denon & Marantz, and Philips are currently being investigated by the European Commission for breaking competition rules. Sources indicate that these brands might have stopped certain online retailers from setting their own prices…
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Facebook Charged With Misleading Over WhatsApp Merger
Facebook has been accused of deliberately misleading the European Commission (EC) over its merger with instant messaging app WhatsApp. Prior to the $22 billion merger, Facebook claimed that it would not be able to combine user data from the social networking site with the WhatsApp database, a claim that has…
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Ad-Blocker Blocking Websites Could be in Legal Trouble
Under European law, websites that block users from accessing their content if they are using ad-blocking software may be illegal. This news has come to light courtesy of privacy campaigner Alexander Hanff, who claims to have received an email from the European Commission confirming that web pages that employ scripts…
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Billion Euro Quantum Technology Project Planned by European Commission
In a rather downplayed announcement, the European Commission revealed earlier this week that they would be launching a new quantum technology development project with a budget of €1 billion. The initiative would be tasked with the advancement of a number of quantum technologies from secure quantum communication to accurate clocks and even…
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EU Antitrust Probe Could Put an End to Geo-Blocking
The European Union (EU) has started an antitrust investigation into a number of Hollywood film studios and the UK satellite programming provider Sky. The European Commission (EC), which is investigating the companies on behalf of the EU, has the ultimate aim of abolishing geo-blocked film and television content, and has…
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If You Don’t Want to be Spied On, Close Your Facebook, Warns European Union
The European Union (EU) has warned its citizens that they should delete their Facebook profiles if they don’t want their information making its way into the hands of the US intelligence and security services, as current Safe Harbour legislation isn’t sufficient to protect user data from surveillance requests. The alert…
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US Lawmakers Against Europe’s Google Break-Up Plan
Last week, the European Union’s Parliament called for Google to be broken up into separate businesses to curb the company’s internet monopoly. Now, US lawmakers have made their opposition to the idea very clear. According to the Financial Times last night, “Capitol Hill hit back at EU lawmakers on Tuesday…
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EU Wants to Break Up Google
The European Union’s European Parliament is calling for Google to be broken up into separate businesses in an effort to curb the company’s internet monopoly. It is putting pressure on the European Commission, the executive arm of the EU, to either engage in a thorough anti-trust investigation of the company,…
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The EU Raids Several ISPs Over Throttling Of Services Like YouTube
The European Commission (EC) is investigating whether several large European ISPs are abusing their position by unfairly throttling access to internet services in an attempt to extort additional revenues from service providers. The EC “raided” the offices of ISPs in several countries, though they declined to disclose the full list…
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