European regulators 割れ目 負かす/撃墜する on Big Tech
Oct 5 (Reuters) - European regulators have 開始する,打ち上げるd a 一連の 調査(する)s against Big Tech. In the 最新の one, Britain's マスコミ regulator asked the country's 独占禁止の 当局 to 調査/捜査する U.S. tech 巨大(な)s アマゾン and Microsoft's dominance of the UK cloud market.
Here are some of the 活動/戦闘s taken by European 監視者s to keep a tab on big 科学(工学)技術 companies:
EUROPEAN UNION
Microsoft said in August it would unbundle 雑談(する) and ビデオ app Teams from its Office 製品 in a 企て,努力,提案 to 避ける a possible EU 独占禁止の 罰金, a month after the European (売買)手数料,委託(する)/委員会/権限 開始する,打ち上げるd an 調査 into its Office and Teams tie-up.
Meta 壇・綱領・公約s 申し込む/申し出d in July to 抑制(する) the use of competitors' advertising data for its Facebook Marketplace online 分類するd service in an 試みる/企てる to settle an EU 独占禁止の 調査 but regulators rebuffed it, people familiar with the 事柄 said.
In May, Meta was 攻撃する,衝突する with a 記録,記録的な/記録する 1.2-billion euro ($1.27 billion) 罰金 by the EU's lead privacy regulator for its 扱うing of 使用者 (警察などへの)密告,告訴(状) and given five months to stop transferring 使用者s' data to the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs.
EU regulators said in June that Alphabet's Google may have to sell part of its adtech 商売/仕事 to 演説(する)/住所 関心s about anti-競争の激しい practices, 脅すing the company with its harshest regulatory 刑罰,罰則 to date.
The EU 競争 監視者 last year (刑事)被告 Apple of 制限するing 競争相手s' 接近 to its tap-and-go 科学(工学)技術, NFC, used for 動きやすい wallets, making it difficult for them to develop 競争相手 services on Apple 装置s. The regulators have since continued their 調査.
In December 2022, アマゾン settled three 独占禁止の 調査(する)s after it 演説(する)/住所d the EU's 関心s over its use of s ellers' data.
In September, the EU 選ぶd out 22 いわゆる "gatekeeper" services run by Alphabet, アマゾン, Apple, Meta, Microsoft and TikTok-owner ByteDance, giving them six months to 従う with the 準備/条項s of its wide-範囲ing 数字表示式の Markets 行為/法令/行動する (DMA).
BRITAIN
Britain's マスコミ regulator on Oct. 5 asked the country's 独占禁止の 当局 CMA to 調査/捜査する アマゾン and Microsoft's dominance of the UK cloud market, 特記する/引用するing features that made it more difficult for 商売/仕事s to switch or mix and match cloud providers. CMA will 完全にする its 調査 by April 2025.
FRANCE
The French 競争 当局 (警察の)手入れ,急襲d Nvidia's 地元の offices in the last week of September, the 塀で囲む Street 定期刊行物 報告(する)/憶測d. The 監視者 公表する/暴露するd the (警察の)手入れ,急襲 on Sept. 27, but did not 指名する the company beyond 説 it was in the "graphics cards 部門".
Nvidia 拒絶する/低下するd to comment.
The 独占禁止の 当局 in July said Apple may have 侵害する/違反するd 規則s 関係のある to the utilisation of iPhone 使用者 data in advertising and could 潜在的に misuse its 支配的な market position by 課すing biased, 不明瞭な, and 不公平な 条件s to 扱う 使用者 data.
The country's privacy 監視者 said in July it was aware of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's Worldcoin crypto 事業/計画(する) and that the 合法性 of its biometric data collection "seems 疑わしい as do the 条件s for 蓄える/店ing biometric data".
GERMANY
Google has agreed to change its 使用者 data practices to end a German 独占禁止の 調査 目的(とする)d at 抑制(する)ing its data-driven market 力/強力にする, the German cartel office said on Oct. 5. Google's かかわり合いs will give 使用者s more choice on how their data is used across the company's 壇・綱領・公約s, the regulator said.
A German data 監視者 has been 調査/捜査するing Worldcoin since late 2022. Worldcoin, which 開始する,打ち上げるd in July 2023, 要求するs 使用者s to give their iris ざっと目を通すs in 交流 for a 数字表示式の ID and, in some countries, 解放する/自由な cryptocurrency.
ITALY
Italy's 独占禁止の 機関 said in May it had opened a 調査(する) into Apple for 申し立てられた/疑わしい 乱用 of its 支配的な position in the apps market.
In April, the 監視者 took 対策 against Meta over an 申し立てられた/疑わしい 乱用 of its position in the country, in a 調査(する) 伴う/関わるing the 権利s to music 地位,任命するd on the group's 壇・綱領・公約s.
OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot was 一時的に banned in Italy in March over 関心s by the 国家の data 保護 当局, but was made 利用できる to 使用者s again in April.
The 独占禁止の 当局 said in March it had opened an 調査 into TikTok for 恐らく 違反ing its 支配するs by 許すing the 出版(物) of "dangerous content" 刺激するing 自殺, self-害(を与える) and poor 栄養.
NETHERLANDS
The Dutch 競争 regulator on Oct. 2 said it had 拒絶するd Apple's 反対s against 罰金s of 50 million euros it had given the company over 失敗 to 従う with 規則s 目的(とする)d at 限界ing the 支配的な position of Apple's App 蓄える/店. Apple will 控訴,上告 the 決定/判定勝ち(する) in Dutch 法廷,裁判所s.
POLAND
A ポーランドの(人) 監視者 said in September it was 調査/捜査するing OpenAI over a (民事の)告訴 that ChatGPT breaks European Union data 保護 法律s.
Poland's 競争 and 消費者 保護 当局 in February (刑事)被告 アマゾン's European arm of 誤って導くing sales and 配達/演説/出産 practices.
SPAIN
Spain's 独占禁止の 監視者 in July 罰金d アマゾン and Apple for colluding to 限界 the online sale of 装置s from Apple and competitors in the country. ($1 = 0.9458 euros)
(報告(する)/憶測ing by Alessandro Parodi, 勝利者 Goury-Laffont, Olivier Cherfan and Paolo Laudani in Gdansk; editing by Milla Nissi and Emelia Sithole-Matarise)