KEY TAKEAWAYS The European Union fined Apple and Meta Platforms hundreds of millions of dollars for breaching its Digital Markets Act.The DMA came into place early last year with the aim of ensuring big tech players don't dominate Europe’s digital market.

In the midst of a trade war with the US, the European Commission imposed two fines on the digital giants and closed two cases against them which fell under its digital regulation. View on euronews

Apple and Meta have been slapped with a combined fine of $800 million by the European Union (EU) antitrust regulators over violations of the Digital Market Act (DMA).