Apple was told by the EU on Tuesday to stop geo-blocking, the practice of restricting content according to a user's geographical location, on services such as its App Store, Apple Arcade, Music, iTunes Store, Books and Podcasts.

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Apple told by EU to end geo-blocking on services such as App Store

BRUSSELS :Apple was told by the EU on Tuesday to stop geo-blocking, the practice of restricting content according to a user's geographical location, on services such as its App Store, Apple Arcade, Music, iTunes Store, Books and Podcasts. The European Commission said it had identified several potentially proh

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Apple was told by the EU today to stop geo-blocking, the practice of restricting content according to a user's geographical location, on services such as its App Store, Apple Arcade, Music, iTunes Store, Books and Podcasts.

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Users of Apple's media services in the European Union may be unfairly discriminated against based on their place of residence, the European Commission reported on Tuesday. It has given the tech giant a month to respond.

De gebruikers van mediadiensten van Apple in de Europese Unie worden mogelijk onrechtmatig gediscrimineerd op basis van hun woonplaats. Dat heeft de Europese Commissie dinsdag gemeld. Ze geeft de techgigant een maand tijd om te reageren.

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The European Union is investigating Apple for possibly breaking consumer protection rules. The EU says Apple's App Store and other services might be treating European customers unfairly based on where they live. This investigation could lead to more fines for Apple. Apple has already faced penalties in Europe for similar issues.

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Stop geo-blocking on App and iTunes Stores: EU warns Apple

BRUSSELS (Reuters) –     The European Commission said on Tuesday that along with national authorities it was calling upon Apple to stop geo-blocking practices on Apple Media Services. Geo-blocking is the practice of restricting content according to a user’s geographical location.  (Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; Editing by Jan Harvey)

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Apple’s pile of regulatory woes in the European Union has ticked up again: the iPhone maker is being accused of unlawfully discriminating against consumers by applying restrictions on how several of its media services can be accessed around the bloc. Consumer protection authorities in three EU Member States have been investigating the geoblocking measures (access […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Apple's geoblocks on media services in EU draw consumer protection ire

Cath Virginia / The Verge  The European Union has accused Apple of unlawfully discriminating against EU customers after finding the Cupertino company’s geo-blocking measures may be violating the bloc’s consumer protection rules.  Announced via a press release on Tuesday, the European Commission and the Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) said a joint investigation had identified “several potentially prohibited geo-blocking practices” that Appl…

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A new investigation identified possible breaches of EU regulations across Apple’s main services.

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