Steve Dempsey: ‘The EU is laying down the law – but big tech doesn’t see compliance as a badge of honour’

America’s wild-west approach to tech regulation means Europe must be the adult in the room

Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner for Competition. Photo: Getty

Steve Dempsey

European institutions are becoming increasingly intolerant of big tech’s wild-west practices.

The latest example of this trend came just last Monday, when the European Commission told Facebook’s parent Meta that its “pay or consent” advertising model doesn’t comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA).