Alphabet, Apple and Meta were told by European Union regulators on Monday that they were under investigation for a range of potential violations of the region’s new competition law.
The law requires Alphabet, Apple, Meta and other tech giants to open up their platforms so smaller rivals can have more access to their users.
The investigations center on whether Apple and Alphabet, the parent company of Google, are unfairly favoring their own app stores to box out rivals.
Meta will be questioned about a new ad-free subscription service and the use of data for selling advertising.
The European Commission, the European Union’s executive arm, can fine the companies up to 10 percent of their global revenue, which for each runs into the hundreds of billions of dollars each year.
Organizations:
Meta, European Union, Apple, Google, European Commission