Apple changes App Store rules in EU to comply with antitrust orderThe changes are aimed at trying to help Apple avoid paying daily fines of 5% of its average daily worldwide revenue, or about 50 million eu...
27 Jun, 2025, 08.19 AM IST
Dutch court confirms Apple abused dominant position in dating appsA Dutch court supported a 2021 ruling against Apple. The court stated Apple unfairly treated dating app companies in its App Store. Apple f...
16 Jun, 2025, 08.15 PM IST
Apple fined $570 million and Meta $228 million for breach of EU lawThe sanctions follow a year-long investigation by the European Commission, the EU executive, into whether the companies comply with the Dig...
23 Apr, 2025, 03.49 PM IST
Apple hit with $162 million French antitrust fine over privacy toolThe head of the French Competition Authority dismissed worries that the decision would prompt retaliation from US President Donald Trump wh...
31 Mar, 2025, 04.32 PM IST
Apple ordered by EU antitrust regulators to open up to rivalsThe move by the European Commission came six months after it opened so-called specification proceedings to ensure that the iPhone maker com...
19 Mar, 2025, 08.10 PM IST
Apple, Meta likely to face modest fines over DMA breaches, sources sayBoth companies have been in the European Commission's crosshairs since last year for potential breaches of the Digital Markets Act which co...
11 Mar, 2025, 01.20 AM IST
EU regulators assess Apple's plan for complying with music streaming orderUnder Apple's proposal, the Swedish music streaming service Spotify and others can include a link to their websites to inform users of othe...
09 Apr, 2024, 09.54 AM IST
EU assesses Apple's compliance plan for music streaming orderEU reviews Apple's proposal for Spotify to offer off-App Store payment options. Spotify can link to external sites for transactions. Users ...
09 Apr, 2024, 12.05 AM IST
EU regulators assess Apple's plan for complying with music streaming orderThe iPhone maker risks antitrust charges and fresh fines if its proposal announced last Friday fails to satisfy the EU competition enforcer...
08 Apr, 2024, 04.26 PM IST
Apple, Google, Meta targeted in EU's first Digital Markets Act probesThe law, effective from March 7, requires six gatekeepers - which provide services like search engines, social networks and chat apps used ...
25 Mar, 2024, 04.39 PM IST
As Big Tech scrambles to meet EU rules, investigations seen as likelyIf any of the six tech giants are not compliant with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) by the EU's Thursday deadline, they could face fines up ...
07 Mar, 2024, 11.35 AM IST
Apple's new EU measures draw complaint from 34 digital organisationsChanges Apple is making to its services in the European Union "make a mockery" of new antitrust rules in the bloc, 34 digital organisations...
02 Mar, 2024, 07.54 PM IST
EU set to fine Apple in Spotify music streaming caseThe European Commission last year charged the iPhone maker with preventing Spotify and other music streaming firms from informing users of ...
28 Feb, 2024, 12.38 AM IST
Dutch consumer watchdog gives Apple fifth $5.7 million fine in App Store disputeThe Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) says the iPhone maker is abusing a dominant market position by failing to allow software appl...
22 Feb, 2022, 09.51 AM IST
South Korea targets Apple over new app store regulationThe regulator would ask Apple's South Korean unit for a new company policy giving greater autonomy in payment methods, and if Apple failed ...
15 Oct, 2021, 02.37 PM IST
Russia fines Apple $12 million for alleged app market abuseWestern tech companies have come under increasing pressure in Russia in recent months, with social network Twitter punitively slowed down o...
28 Apr, 2021, 08.03 AM IST
When a corporate crosses the line! Some instances of penalties handed by the EUThe EU slapped a €2.42 bn antitrust fine on Google for abusingits monopoly over internet searches. Here are a few others.
30 Jun, 2017, 11.04 AM IST