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Europe isn’t just following — it's setting the standard.

Thanks to the Digital Markets Act, big tech companies must play fair, become more competitive and more user-friendly.

We're making major progress towards fairer digital markets:

✅ More freedom to choose services
✅ Improved data portability tools
✅ Launch of alternative app stores
✅ Greater interoperability with third-party services

The message is clear: in Europe, the digital economy must work for people.

#Meta CFO Susan Li ‘warned that a decision by the European Commission that its “consent or pay” model falls foul of EU digital markets act could cause “significant impact to our European business and revenue”. Under the consent or pay model, users must agree to the processing of their personal data or pay a monthly subscription fee.’ #DMA #GDPR #AI #Facebook #Instagram

“Just like Europe’s #DMA, the 1968 US merger guideline adopted a strong prediction and presumptions-based approach: certain mergers were presumed illegal based not on their proven anticompetitive effects, but because of their potential future impact.” 👀 cepa.org/article/dma-old-ameri

CEPA · DMA: Old American Wine in New European Bottles If digital markets existed in the 1960s “conglomerate merger wave,” would the US have pursued EU-style regulations for gatekeepers? Probably.
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✅ The Commission's decision makes the power of EU's digital rulebook clear

❌ The low fines may not be enough to get #BigTech companies like Meta and Apple to change

❓The Commission decision declared Meta's binary hashtag#PayOrOkay model unlawful, but did not give a final decision on the so-called 'third alternative' with 'less personalised ads'

It's great to see the #DMA in action, protecting our #FundamentalRights from tech corporations' voracious, profit-driven motives 🤩

Ein starkes Signal: mit den Strafen gegen Meta und Apple zeigt die EU, dass sie ihre Regeln für große Tech-Konzerne trotz Zollstreit und Druck von Big Tech umsetzen wird. Apple muss wegen Verstößen gegen den Digital Markets Act (DMA) insgesamt 500 Mio € zahlen, Meta 200 Mio.
tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/unter

Wir hatten im Januar mit über 35 anderen NGOs, Gewerkschaften und kleinen und mittelständischen Unternehmen die EU-Kommission aufgefordert, ihre Digitalregeln strikt durchzusetzen. Die Entscheidungen zu Apple und Meta jetzt sind ein wichtiger Schritt.
rebalance-now.de/nach-trump-an

tagesschau.de · EU verhängt 700 Millionen Euro Strafen gegen Apple und MetaBy tagesschau.de
#BigTech#DMA#Apple