Antitrust action and EU Digital Markets Act signal end of big tech monopoly | Editorial comment

A spate of cases in various jurisdictions against tech giants, along with the Digital Markets Act coming into force in the European Union (EU), signals a paradigm shift in the policy approach to big tech. Apple and Google are fighting antitrust cases in the United States (US), while both companies have lost cases in the EU. Meta is defending a class action lawsuit under the UK’s Competition Act. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has fined Google $113 million for anti-competitive conduct in India, and Apple is also being investigated by the