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The European Commission is putting its money where its mouth is when it comes to its clamp-down on US Big Tech.
It has just imposed fines on Apple and Meta of €500 million and €200 million respectively after they were found to have breached the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
Apple has been done for restricting app developers from informing users about alternatives to Apple's App Store – breaching its so-called anti-steering obligation.
Meta meanwhile is alleged to have failed in its duty to seek users' consent before combining personal data kept by Facebook and Instagram for the purposes of serving personalised ads across both services. Meta has vowed to fight the decision.
