EU claims it will enforce digital rules on American companies despite Trump admin pressure

The European Union (EU) is determined to enforce its full digital rule book no matter who is in charge of companies such as X, Meta, Apple, and Tiktok or where they are based, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told Politico on Sunday. “That’s why we’ve opened cases against TikTok, X, Apple, Meta just to name a few. We apply the rules fairly, proportionally, and without bias. We don’t care where a company’s from and who’s running it. We care about protecting people,” Politico quoted von der Leyen as saying.
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The EU’s Digital Markets Act has been strongly criticised by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.
In February, Trump signed a memorandum warning that his administration would scrutinise the bloc’s Digital Markets Act and the Digital Services Act “that dictate how American companies interact with consumers in the European Union”.
An EU decision on whether Apple and Meta have breached landmark tech rules aimed at curbing their market power will be issued in the coming weeks, EU antitrust chief Teresa Ribera said two weeks ago.

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MacDailyNews Take: The EU will apply its DMA red tape, but it will do so carefully and sparingly.

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