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EU Demands Anti-Fraud Details From Apple, Google, Microsoft and Booking Under the DSA

The requests launch a compliance check that could progress to fines or formal cases if the companies’ responses prove inadequate.

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Im Kampf gegen Betrug im Netz hat die Europäische Kommission die Digitalkonzerne Apple, Google und Microsoft sowie die Buchungsplattform Booking ins Visier genommen.
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Die EU-Kommission will Auskunft vom US-Tech-Riesen Google

Overview

  • The European Commission issued mandatory information requests on Tuesday to assess how the four platforms prevent financial scams on their services.
  • Regulators are probing whether app stores on Apple, Google and Microsoft allow fake banking or investment apps that impersonate legitimate services.
  • The review also targets links and advertisements in Google Search and on Microsoft’s Bing that may lead users to fraudulent websites, as well as results and listings on Booking.com.
  • No public deadline was announced, though firms typically have several weeks to reply, and false or incomplete answers could draw penalties under the Digital Services Act.
  • The move complements ongoing EU investigations into AliExpress and Temu over deceptive or non-existent offers, signaling a broader push against online fraud.