Brussels batters Apple and Meta with first DMA fines
The European Commission has fined Apple €500m (£429m) and Meta €200m (£171m) in the first ever monetary penalties issued for…
Digital Markets Act
X faces mega fine as Brussels turns the screw on tech
US president Donald Trump is likely to have that seemingly permanent grin wiped off his face this week amid reports…
US tech giants on the rack as EU risks fresh Trump fury
The European Commission is tightening the screw on US tech giants – risking further threats from the Trump administration –…
Meta ‘spooks advertisers’ over online brand safety fears
Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to ditch third-party fact-checking and loosen content moderation is likely to put online brand safety…
TikTok waves white flag over ‘addictive’ Lite Rewards
The European Commission has hailed its first major victory under new stringent digital rules designed to crack down on tech…
Musk fumes as Brussels wields axe over X ‘blue ticks’
Social media site X has become the fourth tech platform in a matter of weeks to be found in breach…
Meta ‘consent or pay’ flayed again in new EU judgment
Brussels chiefs appear to have hammered the final nail in the coffin for Meta’s controversial “consent or pay” subscription service,…
Apple the first to be found guilty of under EU digital law
Apple has secured the dubious honour of becoming the first company to be found in breach of the EU’s new…
Why EU Digital Markets Act is not all doom and gloom
The Digital Markets Act (DMA) represents the European Union’s response to the dominance of big tech companies such as Google,…
‘Toxic’ TikTok Lite suspended to pre-empt ban by EU
TikTok has suspended its TikTok Lite service, which offers rewards for watching videos, after the European Commission threatened to block…