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Apple Fined $570 Million and Meta $228 Million for Breach of EU Law

BRUSSELS, April 23 (Reuters) - Apple was fined 500 million euros ($570 million) on Wednesday and Meta 200 million euros, as European Union antitrust regulators handed out the first sanctions under lan

Apple Fined $570 Million and Meta $228 Million for Breach of EU Law

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