2024-03-26
5 #DMA investigations ! [image]
Financial Times
The EU opens formal DMA probes into Apple and Google over letting developers “steer” users from their app stores, and Meta over its “pay or consent” model
Apple fans: “The EU must approve of Apple's plans, otherwise Apple wouldn't have announced them” — The EU: “Hang on a minute...” https://www.theverge.com/... Jan Penfrat / @ilumi...
2024-03-25
5 #DMA investigations ! [image]
Financial Times
The EU opens formal DMA investigations into Apple and Google over letting developers “steer” users from their app stores, and Meta over using user data for ads
The trio of Big Tech giants are the first to face full investigations under bloc's new Digital Markets Act
2024-03-04
still peanuts 🥜 for #Apple 🍎 takes a few days to make up that motorway toll cost of doing business
Financial Times
The EU Commission fines Apple €1.8B for stifling competition from rival music streaming services, the EU's third-largest antitrust fine; Apple plans to appeal
iPhone maker hit by first-ever Brussels fine as competition watchdogs step up scrutiny of Big Tech
2024-02-19
finally.... for @eldsjal @Spotify @fra_versace ... but its just “another fine” ... motorway toll, part of the calculated cost of doing business in the big EU single market cake 🎂 cc @Caffar3Cristina @barryclynn @TomValletti [image]
Financial Times
Sources: the EU plans to fine Apple ~€500M in March for allegedly breaking EU law over access to music streaming services, following a 2019 complaint by Spotify
Move is culmination of long-running European Commission antitrust probe after a complaint by Spotify
2024-02-08
1/2 @SchaldemoseMEP “This is absurd #Meta, one of the world's richest companies, is now suing the EU over a tax of a measly 0.05% of their profits. This is money that will go towards enforcing the #DSA rules for the very largest platforms. The same platforms that have been
Reuters
Meta challenges the EU's DSA supervisory fee of 0.05% of Meta's annual net income that cover regulators' costs, disagreeing with how the fees are calculated
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters :
2023-11-16
1/2 #ByteDance has started litigation at the EU courts to contest EC September decision to subject #TikTok to a broad range of obligations under #DSA as it says the platform is a “challenger” rather than a gatekeeper. The Chinese firm takes issue with several aspects of TikTok's
Reuters
TikTok joins Meta in appealing against its EU DMA “gatekeeper” status, saying the service is “arguably the most capable challenger to more entrenched” rivals
TikTok on Thursday joined Meta (META.O) in appealing against the “gatekeeper” status under the Digital Markets Act …
2/2 inclusion among the list of gatekeepers, including its designation based on market capitalization, the lack of a market investigation to determine its status, and the difficulties it poses for its growth in the digital advertising space via @mlexclusive #TikTok #DSA
Reuters
TikTok joins Meta in appealing against its EU DMA “gatekeeper” status, saying the service is “arguably the most capable challenger to more entrenched” rivals
TikTok on Thursday joined Meta (META.O) in appealing against the “gatekeeper” status under the Digital Markets Act …
2023-04-25
Today @ThierryBreton will announce 19 providers that will be designated as “very large online #platforms ” and search engines under the Commission's new #digital rulebook, the #DSA “These platforms and #search engines will not be able to act as if they were too big to care” https://twitter.com/...
Reuters
Thierry Breton says EU Digital Services Act content rules will apply to Apple, Meta, Google, TikTok, Twitter, Wikipedia, YouTube, and others from August 2023
Five Alphabet (GOOGL.O) subsidiaries, two Meta Platforms (META.O) units, two Microsoft (MSFT.O) businesses, Twitter and Alibaba's …
2021-09-24
Bravo @linakhanFTC emphasizing an interdisciplinary approach that would see lawyers -focused on #competition, truth in advertising, #privacy and #data security - working together with the technologists, data analysts, financial analysts and other experts @FTC plans to bring in https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
CNBC
In a memo, Lina Khan encourages FTC staff to prioritize addressing “dominant intermediaries”, unfair contracts, and mergers that are “illegal on their face”
Lauren Feiner / CNBC :
2019-09-26
Reality is that when #Google search engine has over 92% of market search in search (desktop) + mobile searches in most EU Member States: reality is that all publishers/rivals need the traffic @Google generates on 1st page of a search. Not really a lot of choice for consumers??😊 https://twitter.com/...
Politico
Google refuses to pay publishers in France, first to apply EU's copyright law, will only show headlines and thumbnails, unless publisher asks to add previews
Laura Kayali / Politico :