EDRiApr 24, 2025

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)
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 threadKethianna

@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.

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