Europe’s battle to curb Big Tech


Tech giants are regularly criticised over how they gather and use personal data. — AFP

PARIS: US tech giants Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft have been accused of not paying enough taxes, stifling competition, stealing media content and threatening democracy by spreading fake news.

As Italy hit Amazon with a massive €1.1bil (RM5.24bil) antitrust fine Thursday for abusing its market dominance, we look at how Europe has tried to regulate Big Tech:

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