Apple fined $571 million and Meta $228 million for breaching European Union antitrust rules
Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL, ETR:APC) and Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META) have been fined €500 million and €200 million respectively for breaching the European Union's new digital market rules. The European Commission said Apple had breached its anti-steering obligation under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), and that Meta breached obligations under the act to give consumers the choice of a service that uses less of their personal data.
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.
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