No plans to get Big Tech to pay digital law compliance costs, EU tech chief says

No plans to get Big Tech to pay digital law compliance costs, EU tech chief says

The European Commission will not ask Alphabet, Amazon, Apple , ByteDance, Meta Platforms and Microsoft to pay the cost of monitoring their compliance with a new digital law, the EU tech chief said on Wednesday. Germany and European Parliament lawmakers have lobbied for a supervisory fee to be levied on Big Tech to help EU […]

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Google says discord over search results is unresolved; risks EU antitrust fine

Google says discord over search results is unresolved; risks EU antitrust fine

Alphabet’s Google said it failed this week to resolve disagreements with hotels, airlines and specialised search services such as Skyscanner over how it presents search results, putting it at risk of a hefty European Union antitrust fine. At a July 7-8 workshop organised by the European Commission, the U.S. tech giant briefed critics on its […]

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