{"id":1126,"date":"2025-04-24T03:22:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T03:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/?p=1126"},"modified":"2025-04-24T03:22:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T03:22:14","slug":"eu-fines-apple-e500-million-and-meta-e200-million-for-violating-digital-markets-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/archives\/1126","title":{"rendered":"EU Fines Apple \u20ac500 Million and Meta \u20ac200 Million for Violating Digital Markets Act"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The European Union has imposed fines on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/search?keyword=Apple&amp;post_type=product\">Apple<\/a>&nbsp;and Meta, totaling \u20ac500 million (approximately $568 million) and \u20ac200 million (around $227 million) respectively, for allegedly violating the EU\u2019s Digital Markets Act, as reported by The Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/newsroom\/images\/product\/apps\/standard\/Apple-App-Store-Awards-2022-Trophy_inline.jpg.large.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Apple is accused of failing to meet a requirement that obliges app developers to notify customers about alternative methods for purchasing digital products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&gt;&gt;&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/detail\/1745654\/A2850\">4325mAh A2850 Replacement Battery for Apple iPhone 14 Plus<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for Meta, the EU claims the company must cease forcing Instagram and Facebook users to accept personalized ads or pay for a subscription. The European Commission is still evaluating whether to approve Meta\u2019s proposed option of \u201cless-personalized ads.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both Apple and Meta have stated their intention to appeal the EU\u2019s rulings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apple, in its statement, argued that the EU\u2019s actions unfairly target the company and that the decisions undermine user privacy and security, harm product quality, and compel Apple to share its technology without compensation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meta\u2019s Chief Global Affairs Officer, Joel Kaplan, accused the Commission of attempting to weaken successful American companies while allowing Chinese and European firms to operate under more lenient standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&gt;&gt;&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/detail\/1738149\/616-00357\">1821mah 616-00357 Replacement Battery for Apple iPhone 8 8th A1863 A1905<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is not about a fine; the Commission\u2019s demands to alter our business model essentially impose a multi-billion-dollar tariff on Meta, forcing us to offer a subpar service,\u201d Kaplan added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Union has imposed fines on&nbsp;Apple&nbsp;and Meta, totaling \u20ac500 million (approximately $568 million) and \u20ac200 million (around $227 million) respectively, for allegedly violating the EU\u2019s Digital Markets Act, as reported by The Wall Street Journal. Apple is accused of failing to meet a requirement that obliges app developers to notify customers about alternative methods [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1126"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1127,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1126\/revisions\/1127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}