Apple Fined $570 Million and Meta $228 Million for Breaching EU Law 

The Apple logo is seen at the flagship Apple retail store in San Francisco, California April 27, 2015. (Reuters)
The Apple logo is seen at the flagship Apple retail store in San Francisco, California April 27, 2015. (Reuters)
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Apple Fined $570 Million and Meta $228 Million for Breaching EU Law 

The Apple logo is seen at the flagship Apple retail store in San Francisco, California April 27, 2015. (Reuters)
The Apple logo is seen at the flagship Apple retail store in San Francisco, California April 27, 2015. (Reuters)

Apple was fined 500 million euros ($570 million) on Wednesday and Meta 200 million euros, as European Union antitrust regulators handed out the first sanctions under landmark legislation aimed at curbing the power of Big Tech.

The EU fines could stoke tensions with US President Donald Trump who has threatened to levy tariffs against countries that penalize US companies.

The sanctions followed a year-long investigation by the European Commission, the EU executive, into whether the companies comply with the Digital Markets Act that seeks to allow smaller rivals into markets dominated by big tech.

Reuters had flagged the EU decisions on Apple and Meta last month.



TikTok Charged with Breaching EU Online Content Rules

(FILES) The TikTok logo is seen outside the Chinese video app company Los Angeles offices on April 4, 2025 in Culver City, California. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP)
(FILES) The TikTok logo is seen outside the Chinese video app company Los Angeles offices on April 4, 2025 in Culver City, California. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP)
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TikTok Charged with Breaching EU Online Content Rules

(FILES) The TikTok logo is seen outside the Chinese video app company Los Angeles offices on April 4, 2025 in Culver City, California. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP)
(FILES) The TikTok logo is seen outside the Chinese video app company Los Angeles offices on April 4, 2025 in Culver City, California. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP)

TikTok was charged by EU tech regulators on Thursday with breaching EU online content rules following an investigation launched in February last year.

The European Commission said TikTok, owned by China's ByteDance, has failed to comply with the Digital Services Act's obligation to publish an advertisement repository which allows researchers and people to detect scam advertisements.

It said the company does not provide the necessary information about the content of advertisements, the targeted users and who paid for the advertisements.