Major European regulatory probes into Big Tech

The European Commission said on July 23 it fined Google a total of 890 million euros ($1 billion) for breaching European Union rules aimed at curbing the power of Big Tech.

Europe's top court this month largely upheld EU findings that Google used Android to shut out rivals, maintaining a 4.1 billion euro antitrust penalty.

The Commission is also investigating whether Google's use of publishers' content and YouTube material for artificial intelligence purposes breaches competition rules.

TikTok and X are among the biggest targets of the EU's Digital Services Act.

Regulators have investigated TikTok over online-safety and advertising-transparency concerns, while X has faced scrutiny over content moderation, transparency and its Grok artificial intelligence chatbot.

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July 23 (Reuters) - European regulators have launched a series of antitrust, privacy and online-safety investigations into major technology companies in recent years. Below are some of the most significant cases:

The European Commission fined Apple 500 million euros in 2025 under the Digital Markets Act (DMA).