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Yesterday, the European Commission slammed tech giants #Meta and #Apple for breaching the #DigitalMarketsAct #DMA – but then stopped short of sticking the landing with the low penalties. What does it mean for our #FundamentalRights and online experiences? 🤔

We unpack the mixed bag of takeaways in our full press release ⤵️ https://edri.org/our-work/press-release-commission-slams-apple-and-meta-for-breaching-the-digital-markets/

Commission slams Apple and Meta for breaching the Digital Markets Act, doesn’t stick the landing with fines - European Digital Rights (EDRi)

The European Commission has shown some teeth with the EU’s digital rulebook by slamming tech giants Apple and Meta with admittedly low fines for breaching the Digital Markets Act (DMA).

European Digital Rights (EDRi)
Apr 24, 2025 at 8:20amWeb
Show threadEDRiApr 24, 2025

✅ The Commission's decision makes the power of EU's digital rulebook clear

❌ The low fines may not be enough to get #BigTech companies like Meta and Apple to change

❓The Commission decision declared Meta's binary hashtag#PayOrOkay model unlawful, but did not give a final decision on the so-called 'third alternative' with 'less personalised ads'

It's great to see the #DMA in action, protecting our #FundamentalRights from tech corporations' voracious, profit-driven motives 🤩

Show threadKethiannaApr 24, 2025
@edri EU honestly need more digital autonomy. A start would be to invest more in or aid EU tech firms - a bit like we help EU farmers.
Show threadNemo_bis 🌈Apr 24, 2025

@Kethianna You mean, by creating rents for the landed gentry proportional to the amount of (digital) land they hoarded? Better not.

We already have a good approach, @NGIZero and #NLnet. Just need to scale it up by two or three orders of magnitude.

Show threadKethiannaApr 24, 2025

@nemobis @NGIZero didn't know about NGI zero initiative from NLnet foundation. Thanks for the info - just looked it up.

Yeah, it needs to be upscaled by at least thrice the current amount.

Show threadKarlEApr 24, 2025
@edri I appreciate your coverage and insight. While I consider myself a fairly proficient English speaker, "stick the landing" isn't a term I've come across before. I would appreciate, seeing that as a European organisation you are adressing many non-native speakers, that you use clear and easy to understand language instead of figures of speech that are hard to make sense of.
Personally, I feel that hundreds of millions are quite substantial, and they could be repeated if violations persist.