Barely two weeks after the entry into force of the Digital Markets Act (‘DMA’) (see EUROPE B13366A38), the European Commission announced on Monday 25 March that it had opened five investigations into breaches of EU law. Three companies are involved: Apple, Meta and Alphabet, Google’s parent company.
The non-compliance investigations are to look at Google’s search results, which allegedly favour its own services and products, Apple’s new business model and app shop, and Meta’s...