Users should be allowed to sue U.S. tech giants under EU rules, civil groups say


FILE PHOTO The logos of Amazon Apple Facebook and Google in a combination photo from Reuters files

FILE PHOTO: The logos of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google in a combination photo from Reuters files

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Individual users should be allowed to take U.S. tech giants to court for breaching landmark EU rules aimed at curbing their power, Privacy International, pan-European consumer group BEUC and a number of academics said on Tuesday.

The call by the coalition of 31 groups and academics comes as EU lawmakers and EU countries thrashed out the final points of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) proposed by EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager just over a year ago before it can become law.

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