Apple, Google, Meta targeted under new European law to prevent cornering of digital markets
Source: ABC News
March 25, 2024, 6:08 AM
LONDON -- European Union regulators opened investigations into Apple, Google and Meta on Monday, the first cases under a sweeping new law designed to stop Big Tech companies from cornering digital markets.
The European Commission, the 27-nation bloc's executive arm, said it was investigating the companies for non-compliance with the Digital Markets Act.
The Digital Markets Act that took full effect earlier this month is a broad rulebook that targets Big Tech gatekeeper companies providing core platform services. Those companies must comply with a set of dos and donts, under threat of hefty financial penalties or even breaking up businesses. The rules have the broad but vague goal of making digital markets fairer and more contestable" by breaking up closed tech ecosystems that lock consumers into a single companys products or services.
The commission has heard complaints that tech companies' measures to comply have fallen short, European Commission Vice President Margrethe Vestager, the bloc's competition chief, said at a press briefing in Brussels. Today, we decided to investigate a number of these suspected non-compliance issues. And as we unearth other problems, we will tackle those too."
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