Google Risks New EU Antitrust Action Over Advertising Prices
EU regulators are probing whether Google unfairly inflates search ad prices, raising fresh antitrust risks for its advertising model.
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X Appeals €120 Million DSA Fine
X has appealed the €120 million DSA fine, putting EU transparency rules on verification, advertising, and research access before the EU General Court for the first time.
Apple Ads and Apple Maps Avoid Gatekeeper Designation Under EU DMA
The European Commission ruled that Apple Ads and Apple Maps are not gatekeeper services under the DMA, citing limited EU usage and market impact, while keeping Apple’s broader gatekeeper status unchanged.
Italy sanctions Apple €98 million for App Store tracking practices
Italy fines Apple €98 million for abusing dominance by imposing disproportionate App Tracking Transparency rules that harm app developers without justified privacy gains.
EU regulators approve Meta’s plan for less personalised ads under the DMA
The European Commission has accepted Meta’s new EU ad model offering users a real choice between fully personalised and less personalised ads to comply with the Digital Markets Act.
X blocks European Commission ads after €120m penalty
X has reportedly terminated the European Commission’s advertising account days after receiving a €120 million fine under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA).
EU fines X €120 million under the Digital Services Act
EU fines X €120m under the DSA for deceptive blue checkmarks, inadequate ad transparency, and unlawful restrictions on researcher access to platform data.
TikTok faces EU fines over ad transparency and researcher access
EU probes TikTok’s DSA compliance on ad transparency and researcher access, while TikTok calls for consistent, risk-based enforcement and a central authority amid ongoing large GDPR fines.
Commission seeks to cut cookie consent banners across EU websites
Brussels weighs scaling back e-Privacy cookie consent via centralized preferences and limited exceptions, pitting industry’s GDPR alignment against privacy advocates ahead of the Digital Fairness Act.
Meta follows Google in banning EU political ads
Meta and Google will halt all political and social issue ads in the EU due to the strict requirements of the new TTPA regulation, citing excessive compliance burdens.