Apple appealed a $580 million fine from the European Commission, which claimed that the company broke the rules controlling how app developers could communicate with users on Monday.

Apple filed an appeal over the European Union’s $587 million fine on Monday – escalating a showdown over enforcement of a sweeping antitrust law targeting Big Tech firms.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Apple took a challenge against EU regulators to Europe's second highest court on Monday after they fined it 500 million euros ($587 million) earlier this year for breaching landmark rules aimed at curbing the power of Big Tech.

The Commission fined Apple 500 million euros and Meta 200 million euros ($23.4 million) earlier this year – the first fines handed out by the agency

The EU has hit Apple and Meta with hundreds of millions of euros in fines as it steps up enforcement of the European Union's Digital Markets Act.

In response to the recent court ruling in the US against Apple's illegal in-app purchase monopoly, @ProtonPrivacy will finally be allowed to let iOS users purchase subscriptions outside of the app store. No Apple tax means we will lower prices for users by up to 30%. May 1, 2025

America’s big tech giants, including iPhone maker Apple and Instagram parent Meta Platforms , are bowing to continued pressure from the European Union’s (EU) toughened antitru

For Apple to pursue compatibility or operability with all who want to be associated with Apple based on EU force would be for Apple to agree to its own rather rapid demise. No thanks.

Apple is about to get hit by a new EU penalty, but current US-EU trade talks have reportedly postponed the announcement.