Apple set to challenge latest EU crackdown on big tech dominance

Apple is battling EU lawyers in a dispute over alleged unpaid taxes in Ireland

The move could set the stage for yet another legal stand-off between the world’s biggest tech company and the EU. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

Apple is set to challenge the European Union’s fresh crackdown on Big Tech’s dominance in the first of what is expected to be several appeals against the Digital Markets Act.

The company will dispute the EU regulator’s decision to put all of the App Store into the bloc’s new digital antitrust list. It’ll argue also its iMessage service shouldn’t be subject to closer scrutiny from regulators, according to people familiar with the matter.