Apple, Meta Fined as EU Presses Ahead With Tech Probes April 24, 2025 By Foo Yun Chee and Jan Strupczewski Apple was fined 500 million euros ($570 million) on Wednesday and Meta 200 million euros, as European Union antitrust regulators...
Google to Be Hit With EU Charges of Breaching Big Tech Rules, Sources Say February 24, 2025 By Foo Yun Chee Alphabet unit Google is set to be charged with breaching EU rules aimed at checking the power of Big Tech...
Meta Fined €798 Million by EU Over Abusing Classified Ads Dominance November 18, 2024 By Samuel Stolton Meta Platforms Inc. was hit with a €798 million ($841 million) fine by European Union regulators by tying its Facebook...
EU Lawmakers Ratify Provisional Deal on Artificial Intelligence Rules February 13, 2024 By Foo Yun Chee Two key groups of lawmakers at the European Parliament on Tuesday ratified a provisional agreement on landmark artificial intelligence rules...
Microsoft’s Bing, Edge to Avoid EU’s Digital Dominance Crackdown January 23, 2024 By Stephanie Bodoni and Samuel Stolton Microsoft Corp.’s Bing search engine, Edge web browser and Advertising services are set to be exempt from strict new European...
Here’s What’s Next for the EU’s Landmark Artificial Intelligence Act December 15, 2023 By Supantha Mukherjee, Martin Coulter and Foo Yun Chee European Union countries and lawmakers last week agreed a provisional deal for artificial intelligence rules aimed at establishing guardrails for...
EU Court Sides With Car Service Firms in Data Fight With Sweden Truck Maker Scania November 13, 2023 By Foo Yun Chee Swedish truck maker Scania must share car data, such as vehicle identification numbers, with repair shops and parts distributors, Europe’s...
Businesses Criticize New EU Data Rules, Saying They Could Hinder Data Flow June 28, 2023 By Foo Yun Chee Businesses and Big Tech on Wednesday criticized European Union data rules agreed between EU countries and lawmakers, saying they could...
EU Mulls New Unit With Antitrust Veterans to Enforce Tech Rules July 28, 2022 By Foo Yun Chee The European Commission is considering creating a new directorate that may be headed by two top antitrust officials to enforce...
EU Lawmakers Pass Landmark Rules to Rein In Tech Giants, but Enforcement a Concern July 6, 2022 By Foo Yun Chee EU lawmakers gave the thumbs up on Tuesday to landmark rules to rein in tech giants such as Alphabet unit...