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Google, Apple Hit by Twin EU Rebuke Amid Big Tech Crackdown
- Thursday March 20, 2025
- Samuel Stolton, Bloomberg
The European Commission chastised Google for allegedly breaching the bloc’s landmark Digital Markets Act by favoring in-house services across its sprawling search empire and for preventing app developers from steering consumers to offers outside of its Play Store. Meanwhile, Apple was told it must loosen the shackles on its prized iPhone operatin...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Apple, Meta Said to Face Modest Fines Over DMA Breaches in EU
- Tuesday March 11, 2025
- Reuters
Apple and Meta Platforms are set to face modest fines for allegedly breaching the DMA acts. The EU antitrust enforcer is focused on making sure the companies comply with the law rather than sanctioning them, the sources said, explaining the rationale for modest fines.
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www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Faces EU Tech Rules After Reaching Very Large Platform Status
- Friday February 21, 2025
- Reuters
WhatsApp has hit a user criterion set out in landmark EU tech rules, the unit owned by Meta Platforms said, meaning it is required to do more to tackle online illegal and harmful content.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Meta to Allow Rival Ads Providers to List on Facebook Marketplace After EU Antitrust Fine
- Friday February 14, 2025
- Reuters
Meta Platforms will allow rival classified ads service providers to post listings of their ads on Facebook Marketplace. Calling it the Facebook Marketplace Partner Progam, Meta said the scheme is a response to the EU competition watchdog even as it challenged the fine in court.
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www.gadgets360.com
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EU Said to Reassess Tech Probes into Apple, Google, Meta
- Tuesday January 14, 2025
- Reuters
The European Commission is reevaluating its probes into tech giants. Apple, Meta, and Google are among tech giants that have urged US President-elect Trump to challenge European Union's regulatory scrutiny against them.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Meta Offers to Publish EBay Ads on Facebook Marketplace to Comply With EU Antitrust Order
- Thursday January 9, 2025
- Samuel Stolton, Bloomberg
Meta said on Wednesday it will launch a test in Germany, France and the US that will enable “buyers to browse listings from eBay directly on Facebook Marketplace while completing their transaction on eBay.”
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www.gadgets360.com
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Meta’s Irish Arm Fined $264 Million by Watchdog Over Data Breach
- Wednesday December 18, 2024
- Olivia Fletcher, Bloomberg News
Ireland’s data protection commission fined Meta Platforms Inc.’s Irish arm following two inquiries into a personal data breach. The breach was reported by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited in September 2018. It impacted data including full names, email addresses, phone numbers, posts on time lines and groups of which the user was a member,
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www.gadgets360.com
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Meta Fined $253 Million Over Facebook Hacks By Ireland
- Tuesday December 17, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
An Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy said Tuesday it had fined Facebook-owner Meta 251 million euros ($263 million) for a data protection failure that saw Facebook accounts hacked.
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Proposed Australia Law Would Fine Big Tech Over Digital Competition
- Monday December 2, 2024
- Reuters
Australia's centre-left Labor government has targeted Big Tech's influence, and parliament passed a law last week that banned social media for children aged under 16.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Australia Passes Social Media Ban for Children Under 16
- Friday November 29, 2024
- Reuters
Australia has approved a social media ban for children aged under 16. A trial of methods to enforce it will start in January with the ban to take effect in a year.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Google, Meta Urge Australia to Delay Bill on Social Media Ban for Children
- Wednesday November 27, 2024
- Reuters
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's centre-left government wants to pass the bill, which represents some of the toughest controls on children's social media use imposed by any country, into law by the end of the parliamentary year on Thursday.
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www.gadgets360.com
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CCI Imposes Rs 213 Crore Penalty on Meta; Firm Plans to Appeal Decision
- Tuesday November 19, 2024
- Press Trust of India
The Competition Commission of India imposed a Rs 213-crore penalty on Meta regarding its WhatsApp privacy policy on Monday, and the company expressed disagreement with the decision and said that it intends to appeal. The CCI directed WhatsApp on Monday to desist from sharing user data with Meta-owned applications for advertising purposes for a peri...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Meta Plans To Appeal Indian Regulator's Rs 213 Crore Penalty Order
- Tuesday November 19, 2024
- India News | Press Trust of India
After the Competition Commission imposed a Rs 213-crore penalty on Meta in relation to WhatsApp privacy policy, the company said it disagrees with the watchdog's decision and plans to appeal.
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www.ndtv.com
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Meta Fined $25.4 Million By India, WhatsApp Data Sharing Blocked For 5 Years
- Monday November 18, 2024
- World News | Reuters
India's competition watchdog directed WhatsApp to refrain from sharing user data for advertising purposes with other applications owned by Meta for a period of five years and fined the U.S. tech giant $25.4 million on Monday.
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www.ndtv.com
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Meta Fined EUR 798 Million by EU Over Abusing Classified Ads Dominance
- Friday November 15, 2024
- Samuel Stolton, Bloomberg
The European Commission ordered Meta to stop tying its classified-ads service to Facebook’s sprawling social media platform, and refrain from imposing unfair trading conditions on rival second-hand goods platforms.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Google, Apple Hit by Twin EU Rebuke Amid Big Tech Crackdown
- Thursday March 20, 2025
- Samuel Stolton, Bloomberg
The European Commission chastised Google for allegedly breaching the bloc’s landmark Digital Markets Act by favoring in-house services across its sprawling search empire and for preventing app developers from steering consumers to offers outside of its Play Store. Meanwhile, Apple was told it must loosen the shackles on its prized iPhone operatin...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Apple, Meta Said to Face Modest Fines Over DMA Breaches in EU
- Tuesday March 11, 2025
- Reuters
Apple and Meta Platforms are set to face modest fines for allegedly breaching the DMA acts. The EU antitrust enforcer is focused on making sure the companies comply with the law rather than sanctioning them, the sources said, explaining the rationale for modest fines.
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www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Faces EU Tech Rules After Reaching Very Large Platform Status
- Friday February 21, 2025
- Reuters
WhatsApp has hit a user criterion set out in landmark EU tech rules, the unit owned by Meta Platforms said, meaning it is required to do more to tackle online illegal and harmful content.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Meta to Allow Rival Ads Providers to List on Facebook Marketplace After EU Antitrust Fine
- Friday February 14, 2025
- Reuters
Meta Platforms will allow rival classified ads service providers to post listings of their ads on Facebook Marketplace. Calling it the Facebook Marketplace Partner Progam, Meta said the scheme is a response to the EU competition watchdog even as it challenged the fine in court.
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www.gadgets360.com
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EU Said to Reassess Tech Probes into Apple, Google, Meta
- Tuesday January 14, 2025
- Reuters
The European Commission is reevaluating its probes into tech giants. Apple, Meta, and Google are among tech giants that have urged US President-elect Trump to challenge European Union's regulatory scrutiny against them.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Meta Offers to Publish EBay Ads on Facebook Marketplace to Comply With EU Antitrust Order
- Thursday January 9, 2025
- Samuel Stolton, Bloomberg
Meta said on Wednesday it will launch a test in Germany, France and the US that will enable “buyers to browse listings from eBay directly on Facebook Marketplace while completing their transaction on eBay.”
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www.gadgets360.com
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Meta’s Irish Arm Fined $264 Million by Watchdog Over Data Breach
- Wednesday December 18, 2024
- Olivia Fletcher, Bloomberg News
Ireland’s data protection commission fined Meta Platforms Inc.’s Irish arm following two inquiries into a personal data breach. The breach was reported by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited in September 2018. It impacted data including full names, email addresses, phone numbers, posts on time lines and groups of which the user was a member,
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www.gadgets360.com
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Meta Fined $253 Million Over Facebook Hacks By Ireland
- Tuesday December 17, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
An Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy said Tuesday it had fined Facebook-owner Meta 251 million euros ($263 million) for a data protection failure that saw Facebook accounts hacked.
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www.ndtv.com
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Proposed Australia Law Would Fine Big Tech Over Digital Competition
- Monday December 2, 2024
- Reuters
Australia's centre-left Labor government has targeted Big Tech's influence, and parliament passed a law last week that banned social media for children aged under 16.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Australia Passes Social Media Ban for Children Under 16
- Friday November 29, 2024
- Reuters
Australia has approved a social media ban for children aged under 16. A trial of methods to enforce it will start in January with the ban to take effect in a year.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Google, Meta Urge Australia to Delay Bill on Social Media Ban for Children
- Wednesday November 27, 2024
- Reuters
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's centre-left government wants to pass the bill, which represents some of the toughest controls on children's social media use imposed by any country, into law by the end of the parliamentary year on Thursday.
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www.gadgets360.com
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CCI Imposes Rs 213 Crore Penalty on Meta; Firm Plans to Appeal Decision
- Tuesday November 19, 2024
- Press Trust of India
The Competition Commission of India imposed a Rs 213-crore penalty on Meta regarding its WhatsApp privacy policy on Monday, and the company expressed disagreement with the decision and said that it intends to appeal. The CCI directed WhatsApp on Monday to desist from sharing user data with Meta-owned applications for advertising purposes for a peri...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Meta Plans To Appeal Indian Regulator's Rs 213 Crore Penalty Order
- Tuesday November 19, 2024
- India News | Press Trust of India
After the Competition Commission imposed a Rs 213-crore penalty on Meta in relation to WhatsApp privacy policy, the company said it disagrees with the watchdog's decision and plans to appeal.
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www.ndtv.com
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Meta Fined $25.4 Million By India, WhatsApp Data Sharing Blocked For 5 Years
- Monday November 18, 2024
- World News | Reuters
India's competition watchdog directed WhatsApp to refrain from sharing user data for advertising purposes with other applications owned by Meta for a period of five years and fined the U.S. tech giant $25.4 million on Monday.
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www.ndtv.com
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Meta Fined EUR 798 Million by EU Over Abusing Classified Ads Dominance
- Friday November 15, 2024
- Samuel Stolton, Bloomberg
The European Commission ordered Meta to stop tying its classified-ads service to Facebook’s sprawling social media platform, and refrain from imposing unfair trading conditions on rival second-hand goods platforms.
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www.gadgets360.com