EU investigates “Meta”, “Apple” and “Alphabet” under new tech law

European Union has opened an investigation into Meta, Apple and Alphabet in its first move under the comprehensive new technology legislation of the Digital Markets Act.

According to CNBC, the Commission said in a statement, “Today, the Commission opened investigations into non-compliance under the Digital Markets Act regarding Alphabet’s rules for routing in Google Play and search preference on Google, Apple’s rules for routing in the App Store and the Safari browser, and Meta’s payment model.”

The first two investigations focus on Alphabet and Apple and relate to so-called “anti-steering rules.” Under the Commission, technology companies are not allowed to prevent companies from telling their users about cheaper options for their products or about subscriptions outside the App Store.

Apple has already broken EU rules on the matter, and this month, the company was fined €1.8 billion after the European Commission said it found that Apple had implemented restrictions on app developers that prevent them from informing iOS users about alternative, cheaper music subscription services. Available outside the application.

The third investigation focuses on Alphabet, with the European Commission saying it is looking into whether Alphabet’s display of Google search results “may lead to self-preference in relation to other Google services” such as Google Shopping over similar competing services.