The day's essential Malaysian news, briefed.
Google's first Digital Markets Act fine has triggered a wave of private lawsuits from competitors across Europe seeking billions in damages, marking a dangerous new phase for the tech giant's regulatory troubles.
The European Commission has determined that TikTok breaches strict child safety standards under EU law, exposing minors to cyberbullying and predatory contact through public profiles and algorithmic recommendations.
The European Union has imposed a €550 million fine on AliExpress for inadequately tackling illegal, counterfeit, and unsafe products on its platform, marking the third major penalty under the bloc's Digital Services Act.
Google has lost its final appeal against a €4.1 billion European Union antitrust penalty imposed for leveraging its Android operating system to block competitors. The ruling reinforces Europe's increasingly aggressive stance toward Big Tech monopolies.
European Union antitrust authorities have moved to classify Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure as 'gatekeepers' under the Digital Markets Act, triggering strict regulatory obligations aimed at controlling their market power in cloud infrastructure.
The European Commission is moving forward with formal preliminary findings against Meta, alleging that Facebook and Instagram employ deliberately addictive design features that harm children's wellbeing through algorithmic 'rabbit-hole' effects.