The European Union is set to hit Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta with one finally extending to $ 1 billion or more allegedly violating his strict antitrust rules, the post has learned – creating a possible confrontation with President Trump, who has compared EU sentences to “overseas.
The European Commission, EU Antitrust Supervisor, is expected to conclude that Meta in accordance with the act of digital markets, sources close to the situation told the post on Monday.
The landmark law came into force in 2023 and implements difficult rules of competition for meta and six other companies considered Internet goalkeepers.
It is finally expected to be hundreds of millions of dollars and potentially more than $ 1 billion, sources said.
The EU exam at the parent company on Facebook and Instagram is expected to be completed this week, with a notice of the action of implementing the commission to follow immediately, added the interior.
EU officials are also expected to hit Meta with a “holiday and depressing” notice, essentially informing the company about what it must change to enter into compliance, according to sources.
Representatives for Meta and the European Commission did not immediately return the requests for comment.
Apple is also in the EU chairs and finally against the iPhone composition will be announced this week or next week, sources said.
Earlier this month, Reuters reported that Apple and Meta are likely to face “modest fine” for DMA breakches. EU antitrust chief Theresa Ribera previously said that a decision on implementation actions for both companies was coming in March.
In addition to Meta, companies that considered “goalkeepers” under DMA include Google Parent Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Booking.com, Tiktok Parent by -Bra and Microsoft. EU regulators and other offers say the law prevents technology giants from suppressing the smallest rivals through anti -compliant behavior.
By law, large technology companies can complete up to 10% of their global income. Finnes can increase up to 20% of global income for repeated works.
Last July, the EU issued preliminary charges by accusing Meta of violating DMA by forcing customers in a “Pay or consent” model for advertising on Instagram and Facebook.
Officials focused on the Meta participation of a reconciliation service in 2023 in which users could pay $ 14 a month equivalent for an advertising experience in apps to meta using their personal data on target advertising.
“This binary choice forces users to accept the combination of their personal data and not provide them with a less personalized but equivalent version of Meta’s social networks,” the European Commission said in a state at the time.
In a report of public compliance published earlier this month, Meta withdrew that “has continued to receive additional requirements that go beyond what is written in law” despite efforts to adhere to DMA rules.
In June 2024, Apple became the first company to be accused of violating DMA for the alleged prevention of rival app developed by light management customers in services outside its application store. In November, reports the surface that the apple is likely to end.
The EU took further action last week – warning Apple that it should open its own iPhone operating system to develop the app. He also told Google Parent the alphabet that he could face Finnes for handling his “more favorable” home services than rivals within his search results.
While the law has increased the law has increased the law.
Trump issued a warning last month that his administration “will take into account responsible actions such as fees to combat digital service taxes (DST), fines, practices and policies that foreign governments impose”.
“President Trump will not allow the foreign government to approve the US tax base for their benefit,” the White House said at the time.
Separately, the head of the House Judicial Committee Jim Jordan asked a conference from EU officials how the bloc plans to implement the act of digital markets. Jordan noted that six of the seven “goalkeepers” subject to law are owned by America.
“These heavy fines seem to have two goals: to force businesses to pursue European standard worldwide, and as a European tax for US companies,” Jordan said in a letter.
Zuckerberg, who has extinguished Trump since his election victory, has said that EU franks aimed at major technology enterprises are “almost like a fee” and have become “as a broad EU policy on how they want to deal with American technology”.
During a Podcast appearance “The Joe Rogan Experience” in January, Zuckerberg argued that Trump should fight again against Fins.
“I think it’s a strategic advantage for the United States that we have many strongest companies in the world, and I think it should be part of the American strategy that goes ahead to defend this,” Zuckerberg said.
The EU and Meta are engaged in a long beef on data intimacy, including a record of $ 1.3 billion in 2023 for the unjust transfer of European users’ data to the US
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