The European Union from Apple, Google and Microsoft wants to get rid of online fraud

The European Union asked Apple, Google and Microsoft to explain how they have financial fraud online, intensify the enforcement of the Digital Services Law (DSA), as I mentioned for the first time before . Official information requests have also been sent to Booking Holdings, the owner of Booking.com, regarding how the company processes fake residence lists. Likewise, organizers will investigate fake banking applications in the Apple and Google Play app. In addition, they will take a closer look at the false search results in Google and Microsoft Bing search.

Talk to Financial timesand The head of the European Union Technology, Hanna Ferkkonin, said that criminal activity is increasingly moving online and platforms should do more to detect and prevent illegal content. Ferkonene said that the financial losses of online fraud exceeds 4 billion euros annually (about $ 4.7 billion) through the European Union, and that the height of artificial intelligence made the discovery of these fraud more difficult.

The four companies will be given the opportunity to respond to these information requests, but according to DSA companies they can face penalties of up to 6 percent of their global annual revenues for their failure to combat illegal content and illegal information sufficiently.

Earlier this year About 570 million dollars and 228 million dollars, respectively, after the European Commission found it in a violation of the DVA (DMA), although the two companies are . DMA is a set of rules that govern online platforms adopted alongside DSA in 2022.

European fines on American companies, especially recently I was imposed on Google due to anti -monopoly violations, and it was drawn President Donald Trump. The president threatened a commercial investigation into what is seen as “discriminatory measures” against American technology companies.