WORLDRETHINK: Twitter tour on June 16, 2020 - Now the EU is in war against Apple

Domingo Trassens

@trassens

#WR: It looks like EU only has brains to litigate America. Now, @WSJ and @nytimes comment that the European Commission launched two formal probes against #Apple. EU has also opened investigations against Google, Amazon, Facebook. Before it pointed against Microsoft. #EU #America

 

 

Domingo Trassens

@trassens

#WR: From  @WSJ: "BRUSSELS—European Union antitrust authorities launched two formal probes into whether #Apple violated competition laws through its Apple Pay service and App Store, escalating the bloc’s broader campaign to curb Silicon Valley giants..." #EU #ApplePay #AppStore

 

 

Domingo Trassens

@trassens

#WR: From  @WSJ: "EU Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager said she wants to ensure Apple’s practices “do not deny consumers the benefits of new payment technologies.” #EU #EuropeanCommission #Apple #antitrust

 

 

Domingo Trassens

@trassens

#WR: From @nytimes: "the European Commission, the executive body of the European Union, said it had opened a formal antitrust investigation to determine if the terms that Apple imposes on app developers violate competition rules." #EU #EuropeanCommission #Apple #antitrust #apps

 

 

SOURCES: The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times