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/
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
@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.
@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.
@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.