Hotline targets Big Tech's 'shady' EU lobbying; Google, Apple earnings disappoint

Paris (AFP) Feb 2, 2023

A group of activists and members of the European Parliament on Thursday launched a hotline to gather reports of "shady" lobbying by big tech firms. The European Union is embroiled in a battle on several fronts with Silicon Valley tech giants over data privacy, anti-competitive behaviour and sweetheart tax deals. A group of MEPs last year accused Amazon, Google and Meta of using supposed