EU decisions on Apple, Meta due in coming weeks, antitrust chief says

Antitrust Chiefs Counter Proposed Cuts as Tech Cases Advance

Antitrust enforcers are pushing back against the impact of a broad, Justice Department-wide restructuring plan that would interfere with key White House priorities including enforcement in the tech sector, according to a senior official.

Several EU Commission proceedings against companies such as Meta and X are about to be concluded, announces Europe's top digital politician. In the trade war with the US, they inevitably become political leverage.

EU decisions on Apple, Meta due in coming weeks, antitrust chief says

An EU decision on whether Apple and Meta have breached landmark tech rules aimed at curbing their market power will be issued in the coming weeks.

European antitrust case finds against Microsoft

The European Commission issued a statement March 24 announcing that it had found that Microsoft broke the European Union competition law. After a five-year investigation the EC concluded that Microsoft has carried out illegal practices “by leveraging its near monopoly in the market for PC operating systems (OS) onto the markets for work group server operating systems and for media players.”

EU to Issue Antitrust Ruling on Apple, Meta Within Weeks

A European Union decision on whether Apple and Meta have broken the bloc’s tech rules aimed at curbing their market power is set to be issued in the coming weeks, Brussels’s antitrust chief Teresa Ribera told the European Parliament on Tuesday. The European Commission, which acts as the bloc’s executive branch, has been investigating the two tech giants since March last year for potential infractions of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which sets …

EU ruling on Apple and Meta due in coming weeks, antitrust chief says

Tech giants probed for potential breaches of the Digital Markets Act, which is aimed at opening up markets to rivals