The European Commission has fined Apple over €1.8 billion for abusing its dominant position on the market for the distribution of music streaming apps to iPhone and iPad users (‘iOS users’) through its App Store. In particular, the Commission found that Apple applied restrictions on app developers preventing them from informing iOS users about alternative […]
General Court upholds million-dollar fine against Google for unfair competition with Android
The General Court largely upholds the Commission’s decision which found that Google had imposed unlawful restrictions on Android mobile device manufacturers and mobile network operators for the purpose of strengthening the dominant position of its search engine. In order to better assess the gravity and duration of the infringement, the General Court reduces Google’s fine […]
European sanctions against disinformation by the parliamentary commission
The EU should have a specific regime of sanctions to tackle foreign interference and disinformation campaigns by foreign powers, according to a Parliament committee. Without a proper sanctions regime in place in the EU, malicious foreign powers can safely assume that their destabilisation campaigns will meet no consequences. That is one of the conclusions in […]