European Commission clamps down on Big Tech

There’s a new rulebook for digital competition in the European Union which directly affects at least 6 of the Big Tech firms who now have six months to fully comply to avoid the risk of being fined, and if found to be perpetually crossing the line, of ever bigger fines.

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Shutterstock 1344139682 Large — Brussels, Belgium. 20th March 2019.EU Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager addresses a press conference on the concurrence case with Google online search advertising .

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