Here you will find all the articles with the tag: Margrethe Vestager.
By the end of March, the European Commission hopes to agree with EU legislators and governments on new regulations to limit the powers of Alphabet's Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft, according to Europe's antitrust head. Margrethe Vestager, who introduced the Digital Markets Act wi... Read more
2 years ago
Individuals should be able to sue US tech firms in court for breaking EU legislation aimed at limiting their influence, according to Privacy International, BEUC (the pan-European consumer group), and a range of academics. The appeal comes as E.U. parliamentarians and E.U. governments work out th... Read more
2 years ago
A group of providers are calling for the European Commission to extend the Digital Markets Act to also cover the cloud. European cloud computing companies are in an uproar over what they see as a “critical loophole” in the EU’s plan to tackle anti-competitive behavior in the digital market... Read more
2 years ago
The EU's digital chief Margrethe Vestager would like the future operation of the metaverse to be put under the microscope. Vestager said that plans to create the all-encompassing virtual reality environment would pose a challenge for antitrust regulators due to its nebulous nature. The metaverse... Read more
2 years ago
Apple is about to face an investigation in Poland over whether its new rules on privacy and personal data processing for devices running its iOS violate competition law. The investigation was announced by the Polish antimonopoly regulator on Monday. The iPhone maker released an update of its iOS... Read more
2 years ago
The European Union may relax state-aid regulations to enable the funding of new chip plants to tackle shortages in the EU. The bloc’s competition chief said this on Thursday while contending with France for a no-holds-barred approach. The bloc’s reliance on Asian chips has seen the EU hit by... Read more
2 years ago
European Union lawmakers have reached a deal on how to tackle big tech companies. According to a report by the Financial Times, the move is meant to limit anti-competitive practices in the digital economy. The European parliament’s main political parties agreed to a deal that would apply to co... Read more
2 years ago
The European Union’s landmark rules requiring US Big tech to share information with rivals could risk the companies’ intellectual property and trade secrets. Who thinks that? The US government, at the behest of Big Tech. In a document seen by Reuters, the gatekeepers who control all the data... Read more
2 years ago
Alphabet's Google suffered a loss in Europe's second-highest court when it challenged an EU antitrust ruling with a 2.42-billion euro fine. The ruling is a major win for Margrethe Vestager, the EU competition chief. Vestager sanctioned the search giant in 2017 for favouring its own price-compari... Read more
2 years ago
The EU’s foreign policy chief has significantly added to the bloc’s rhetoric concerning China’s threat to Taiwan. In what has been billed the most comprehensive chief yet on Taiwan, which China considers its territory, Joseph Borell on Tuesday raised concerns regarding Beijing’s escalation ... Read more
3 years ago
