The European Commission — the EU's executive body ... steps to rein in Google and Apple on antitrust charges, even as U.S.

The fines for violating the EU's Digital Markets Act are lower than expected, but could still enrage the Trump government.

The DMA became law in May 2023, and is designed to increase competition across digital markets within the EU ... Apple and Meta were announced in March 2024, alongside plans to investigate Google ...

Action by publishers comes as British ... The European Publishers Council (EPC) has filed an antitrust complaint against Google in the EU, alleging that the company is engaged in anticompetitive ...

Apple was hit with a 150 million euro ($162.4 million) fine by French antitrust regulators on Monday for abusing its dominant ...

BRUSSELS, April 15 (Reuters) - A German media company has complained to EU antitrust ... action against the policy, saying it penalises websites. Sign up here. Launched in March last year, Google ...

Google has yet to respond to a CNBC request for comment. Separately, the Commission also sent guidance to Apple under ... to take action in cases of economic coercion against EU member states.