LONDON (Reuters) -On Wednesday, European Union organizers imposed fines on Apple and Meta, which total 700 million euros (877 million dollars) to violate the rules of anti -monopoly, the first penalties under historical legislation aimed at reducing the power of large technology.
Here some reaction to the penalties:
Apple in an e -mail statement:
“Today’s ads are another example of the European Commission, which is not fairly targeting Apple in a series of bad decisions of the privacy and security of our users, and badly for products, and forcing us to abandon our technology for free.”
Definition in an e -mail statement:
“The European Commission is trying to hinder successful American companies, while allowing Chinese and European companies to work according to different criteria.
“This is not only a fine; the committee that forces us to change our business model, and to impose a tariff with billions of dollars actually on Meta with our demand to provide poor service.”
CEO of “Fortnite” Makeer Epic Games, CEO of Tim Sweeney:
“Great news for applicants around the world! (…) The decision today is beneficial from all developers – European developers and American developers alike. The need for America is highlighted as passing the open application market law to re -compete with digital markets.
“It was not better to have no best for the Cress and Cells magazine funded by the American Big Tech, a modest fine in Europe to spend the Apple law as” a European tax on American companies. “To do this is an attempt to light the administration in a commercial war to protect the Apple chaos.”
Andreas Odrich, Deputy Parliamentary Commander of the Green Party in the German Federal parliament:
“The fines (…) clearly low. The committee should have taken a tougher action; in the previous measures, the committee imposed much higher fines in billions.
“There should be no doubt that the committee is ready to exhaust all legal means to impose European law. This is especially important at a time when Donald Trump and American technology deliberately tries to undermine European law.
“There should be no subjugation to Europe. If Apple and Meta allow to pass the deadline for 60 days without paying fines, then other steps must be taken.”
Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) is the first Vice President in Europe and the head of the Daniel Ferdeler office:
“DMA (Digital Markets Law) is weakened by its unexpected enforcement and expected requirements, as well as the delegations of the open product design from the European Commission that disrupts the user experience and restrict the ability of European Union companies to reach consumers.”
((…) DMA has become very ecumented, and some companies can be forced to provide services at a confusion. There is a great opportunity for organizational simplification in Europe – however, DMA decisions are going in the opposite direction. “
The International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Director of Research and Vision Joe Jones:
“The fines are dropped at the time of the growing audit by the current US administration regarding the application of European Union laws to American companies.
(…) Open questions include not only how companies dealing with the regulatory enforcement of the European Union will respond, but how foreign governments, including the United States, in particular, respond. The US administration announced that it will consider response measures such as the customs tariff to combat some foreign government policies imposed against American companies.
“The book of the rules of the digital rules of the European Union was not only growing, but also more complex and powerful in its application, with the imposition of fines and corrective measures.
European Consumer Group beuc General Manager Agustin Reyna:
“Today’s decisions are important to show large technology that if they choose to work in the unified European Union market, our rules must be played.
“Apple and Meta had a great time to comply with DMA, but instead they were late in compliance and tried to distort the rules for them. Consumers deserve better options, and companies need more fair market conditions in digital markets, so the committee must impose the law.
“DMA is Gamechanger in terms of opening digital markets for more competition. The committee must effectively impose (law) so that gates guards comply with all their provisions and consumers can reap the benefits of the most and better choice in digital services.”
Rasmus Andresen, the official budget and financial spokesman for Greens/EFA in the European Parliament:
“It is a long and important step for the European Union’s committee to finally use its organizational strength to curb American technology giants.
(…) With this procedure, Europe sends a clear signal: the digital internal market is not an unrealistic space from technology companies with billions of dollars. It relates to fairness and real competition and the protection of consumer rights and small companies.
“Trump’s calls to end the organization of technology in the European Union are very dangerous. It is good for the European Union Committee to respond to the application of legislation. We decide our own rules.
“But the rules of competition alone are not enough. We also need consistent and fair taxes for technology companies. It is unacceptable that a whole industry make huge profits while avoiding their responsibilities at the same time.
German Ministry of Economy:
“More competition in the European Union not only benefits from consumers, but also all of them are Europeans, as well as small, medium -sized companies, small and medium -sized companies.”
($ 1 = 0.8773 euros)
(Participated in the reports of Fu Yun Che in Brussels, Subanteh Mukherji in Stockholm, Holgheer Hansen and Miranda Murray in Berlin; collected by Josephine Mason; Edit by Ceso Nymama)
