Hefty fines not stopping big tech companies' bad behavior

By Agence France-Presse

Nov 20, 2023 12:42 am

PARIS: Rarely a month goes by without big tech companies getting fined for price fixing, squashing competitors or misusing data, but it can take years before they pay a penny.

Ireland's data regulator confirmed to AFP that Meta had not paid any of the two billion euros ($2.2 billion) in fines issued since last September. TikTok also owes hundreds of millions.

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