#EU fines #Apple €500M and #Meta €200M for breaking #Europe’s #digital rules

source: politico.eu/article/eu-fines-a…

Apple faces a €500 million fine for breaching the regulation’s rules for app stores, while Meta drew a penalty of €200 million for its "pay or consent" advertising model, which requires that European Union users pay to access ad-free versions of #Facebook and #Instagram.

#internet #online #news #law #economy #advertisement #monopoly #user

EU fines Apple €500M and Meta €200M for breaking Europe’s digital rules

The highly anticipated penalties are the first to be issued under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act.

^{Jacob Parry (POLITICO)}

You won't believe what they have found out:

apnews.com/article/google-ille…

#google #monopoly #economy #news #advertisement #internet

Google's digital ad network declared an illegal monopoly

Google has been branded an abusive monopolist by a federal judge for the second time in less than a year, this time for illegally exploiting some of its online marketing technology to boost the profits fueling an internet empire currently worth $1.

^{Michael Liedtke (AP News)}

Social media is being transformed from an advertising platform and subscription trap into a toxic, inhuman democracy-destroying machine.

#socialMedia #internet #advertisement #democracy #politics #future #economy #problem #ethics #quote #wisdom #transformation

#Microsoft begins turning off #uBlockOrigin and other extensions in #Edge

Source: neowin.net/news/microsoft-begi…

#Windows #Browser #Software #news #www #web #internet #economy #advertisement #adblocker #Problem

Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and other extensions in Edge

Microsoft is now in the process of turning off Manifest V2-based extensions in Edge, such as uBlock Origin. However, not everything is lost at this point.

^{Taras Buria (Neowin)}