EU’s Breton: Tech giants face fines or even break-up if they breach new rules

Forcing companies to break up would be a last resort, said Breton, the EU’s internal market commissioner. — Reuters

BRUSSELS: Tech giants that break new EU rules aimed at curbing their powers could face fines, be ordered to change their practices or even be forced to break up their European businesses, the bloc’s digital chief Thierry Breton said on Nov 25.

Breton’s comments come two weeks before he is due to present draft rules known as the Digital Services Act (DSA) and Digital Markets Act (DMA), which are likely to affect big US players Google, Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Microsoft.