The EU questions Google, Apple, Booking and other Big Techy. It's about preventing financial fraud

On Tuesday, the European Commission turned to four technological platforms: Microsoft, Google, Apple and Booking for information on how they fight online financial fraud. The EC referred to the US criticism criticized (DSA).

– The commission today sent a request to four internet platforms: Microsoft, Google, Apple and Booking for information on how they ensure that their services are not used by fraudsters – said Ke Thomas Regnier spokesman on Tuesday. According to him, the EC did it under DSA.

This is a necessary step to protect users throughout the EU against such practices and ensure that the platforms will fulfill their duties – he emphasized. Regnier added that the EC did not start a formal investigation, but only asked the platforms with the question.

DSA is one of the two flagship EU legal acts that regulate the activities of technological giants. DSA imposes on large digital platforms and search engines requirements, including in terms of moderation of content and the use of algorithms. In turn, the purpose of the act with digital markets (DMA) is to limit the dominant position of the largest platforms on the market and ensure competitiveness.

Both regulations are strongly criticized by the current US administrationwhich accuses the European Union, limiting freedom of speech. Recently, President Donald Trump threatened duties and limiting access to advanced American technologies to countries that use digital taxes or regulations. The EC defends both acts, emphasizing that the issue of regulating digital platforms is not a topic of commercial talks with Americans.

In turn, supporters of a strict approach to internet platforms have recently accused that the EC does not use the tools that both acts give it, because she is trying to avoid confrontation with the United States, where most large platforms come from.

Of the four companies, to which the EC turned on on Tuesday to provide information on the fight against financial fraud, three are American.

From Brussels Magdalena Cedro (PAP)

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