EU spokesperson: Apple and Meta fines are "proportionate"
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on April 23, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on April 23, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
The EU has fined Apple and Meta, with amounts deemed proportionate to the severity of their infringements, addressing concerns over their modesty.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The 500 million and 200 million euros fines imposed by the European Union on respectively Apple and Meta Platforms are "proportionate", an EU spokesperson said on Wednesday, reacting to views that they were modest.
"On the fines, are they modest, are they high ? From our point of view, they are proportionate (...) also to the duration and the gravity of the infringement," he said during a briefing.
(Reporting by Benoit Van Overstraeten; Editing by GV De Clercq)
The article discusses the EU fines imposed on Apple and Meta, which are considered proportionate to their infringements.
Apple and Meta were fined by the EU due to the duration and gravity of their infringements.
While some view the fines as modest, the EU considers them proportionate to the offenses.
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