Donald Trump called the EU's regulation on U.S. tech companies, like Meta, Google and Apple, to be "a form of taxation."

US President Donald Trump blasted European Union regulators for targeting Apple Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Meta Platforms Inc., describing their cases against American companies as “a form of taxation.

The pushback comes as the emboldened leaders of US tech companies, including Google CEO Sundar Pichai, have been courting President-elect Donald Trump, with Tim Cook and Mark Zuckerberg urging him directly to combat EU regulatory enforcement.

President Trump criticized the European Union (EU) on Wednesday for levying hefty fines against the world’s biggest tech firms, calling it a “form of taxation” against American companies.

Google has informed the EU that it will not comply with proposed requirements to integrate third-party fact-checking into Search and YouTube, as outlined in the EU's evolving Code of Practice on Disinformation.

After Mark Zuckerberg's big announcement that Meta will no longer fact check, Google is also sending a message to the European Union: The search giant is opting out of a new EU law that requires fact checks.

Google has reportedly conveyed to the European Union (EU) that it will not add fact-checking features to search results and YouTube videos. This clearly indicates that Google will not commit to implementing measures against misinformation as demanded by the EU.

Google announced its intention Thursday to flout European Union standards for digital fact-checking, opting not to build an internal department to moderate and verify YouTube content despite requirements from a new law.

Brussels is reassessing its investigations of tech groups including Apple, Meta and Google, just as the US companies urge president-elect Donald Trump to intervene against what they characterise as overzealous EU enforcement.

President Donald Trump said he has issues with the European Union's treatment of the world's most powerful American companies, criticizing the bloc's multi-billion euro fines on Big Tech as a form of taxation.

European politicians and advocacy groups say the region’s legislation will not dismantle the monopolies of Big Tech companies.

Apple, Meta, Google and the European Commission did not immediately respond ... been signaling a desire to mend fences with the incoming Trump administration. The EU is mulling an expansion into its investigation into whether Trump's close ally Elon ...