EU will enforce digital rules 'fairly, proportionally, and without bias'

The EU's Digital Markets Act sets out a list of dos and don’ts for tech giants aimed at securing a level playing field and giving consumers more choices.

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen told 'Politico': 'We don't care where a company is from and who is running it.'  File Picture: Virginia Mayo/AP

The EU is determined to enforce its full digital rule book no matter who is in charge of social media companies such as X, Meta, Apple, and TikTok, or where they are based, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen told Politico.

As per Politico, Ms Von der Leyen said on Monday: “That’s why we’ve opened cases against TikTok, X, Apple, Meta, just to name a few.

We apply the rules fairly, proportionally, and without bias

"We don’t care where a company is from and who is running it. We care about protecting people.”

The EU’s Digital Markets Act has been strongly criticised by the Trump administration.

More choices

It sets out a list of dos and don’ts for tech giants such as Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Booking.com, ByteDance, Meta Platforms, and Microsoft, aimed at securing a level playing field and giving consumers more choices.

In February, Donald Trump signed a memorandum warning that his administration would scrutinise the bloc’s Digital Markets Act and the Digital Services Act “that dictate how American companies interact with consumers in the European Union”.

An EU decision on whether Apple and Meta have breached landmark tech rules aimed at curbing their market power will be issued in the coming weeks, EU antitrust chief Teresa Ribera said two weeks ago.

• Reuters