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EU reassesses tech probes into Apple, Google and Meta, FT reports
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Posted on January 14, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on January 14, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026
The EU is reassessing its tech probes into Apple, Google, and Meta under the Digital Markets Act, potentially altering enforcement strategies.
(Reuters) - The European Commission is reassessing its probes into tech giants including Apple, Meta and Alphabet's Google, as the companies urge incoming U.S. President Donald Trump to intervene against what they characterize as overzealous European Union enforcement, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
The review could lead to Brussels reducing or changing the range of the probes, and will cover all cases launched since March 2024 under the European Union's landmark Digital Markets Act (DMA), the reported said, citing sources.
The DMA is one of the most stringent regulations targeting tech giants' market dominance, imposing tougher obligations to moderate content, allow fair competition and make it easier for consumers to switch between services.
All decisions and potential fines will be paused while the review is completed, but technical work on the cases will continue, the newspaper said.
European regulators are now waiting for political direction to take final decisions on the Google, Apple and Meta cases, the it added.
Apple, Meta, Google and the European Commission did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The DMA took effect in 2022 with the aim of curbing the power of Big Tech and ensuring a level playing field for smaller rivals.
(Reporting by Gursimran Kaur in Bengaluru; Editing by Sonia Cheema and Mrigank Dhaniwala)
The article discusses the EU's reassessment of tech probes into Apple, Google, and Meta under the Digital Markets Act.
The reassessment aims to potentially alter enforcement strategies and ensure fair competition under the Digital Markets Act.
The DMA is a regulation targeting Big Tech's market dominance, ensuring fair competition and consumer choice.
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