White House calls EU fines on Apple, Facebook parent Meta ‘extortion’ and ‘direct threat to free civil society’

The White House issued a strong condemnation on Wednesday (April 24) regarding the fines levied by the European Union (EU) against Apple and Facebook-parent company Meta, labeling them a “novel form of economic extortion”.

“This novel form of economic extortion will not be tolerated by the United States,” a spokesperson for the White House stated.