Apple and Meta News: The European Union Regulatory EU Commission has imposed a fine of 500 million euros (about Rs 4874 crore) on American company Apple for violation of digital competition rules and 200 million euros (about Rs 1949 crore) on Meta. Apple has been fined for not allowing app manufacturers to use cheap options outside their app store. The Executive Branch of the European Union, the Commission fined 20 million euros on the meta platform.
Meta demanded payment to see or not to see personalized advertisements on Facebook and Instagram. However, this time the fine was less than a fine of one billion dollars. Earlier, the European Union imposed a fine of billions of dollars on large tech companies in antitrust cases.
Apple and Meta will have to comply with this decision within 60 days. The decision was to be taken in March, but the trade war launched by US President Donald Trump was delayed. Trump often complains that Brussels’ rules affect American companies.
Apple and Facebook have been fined under the European Union’s Digital Market Act. This law was given DMA Is also known by the name of. Both companies have indicated that they will appeal against this decision. Apple alleges that the commission is targeting him improperly and said that despite the company’s efforts to follow the rules, it has been constantly changing the target.
Joel Kalpana, the Chief Global Affairs officer of Meta, said that the Commission wants to paralyze many successful American businesses. In addition, it gives concessions to European and Chinese companies. This is their double criteria. The commission spokesman Thomas Render said that we do not care at all who is the owner of the company, whether it is American, European, Chinese or something else. All we have to do is to see that the rules are followed.
In the App Store case, the Commission accused the iPhone of implementing inappropriate rules to prevent app developers from sending customers to other channels. Whereas the DMA provides that developers should inform customers about the options for cheap price available to them.
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