EU pledges new rules to rein in big tech e-commerce and social platforms

Plans unveiled to regulate Amazon, Google, and Apple

Pictured Google head quarters in Dublin. Photo: Sam Boal /Rollingnews.ie

The EU has pledged a new start for users of social platforms and for business customers of the e-commerce giants such as Amazon, Google, and Apple, with the threat of new laws to break up the platforms in Europe.   

European Commission vice-president Margrethe Vestager and industry commissioner Thierry Breton unveiled plans that they say will regulate both the social media platforms and the huge e-commerce and digital advertising tech giants.