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The Morning After: The EU is already investigating Apple, Meta and Google over fees and defensive policies

The biggest news stories this morning: Florida will require parental consent for kids to join social media, SAG-AFTRA ratifies TV animation contracts with AI protections for voice actors It’s almost time for T-Mobile customers to claim their free year of MLB.TV

We had the first wave of changes and tweaks to Apple, Google and other big tech companies’ policies and services just before the EU’s sweeping Digital Markets Act (DMA) took a harder line against monopolistic behaviors and practices. Apple may not be allowing users meaningful choice in selecting alternatives to default iOS services or preferences, such as the ability to uninstall any preloaded app. Last summer, TikTok said it planned to form a “youth council” of teens to advise the company as part of a broader push to beef up safety features for the app’s youngest users.

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