The EU has hit Apple and Meta with hundreds of millions of euros in fines as it steps up enforcement of the European Union's Digital Markets Act.

Apple is fined €500m (£428m) for stopping app makers from pointing to cheaper options outside the App Store, and Meta is fined €200m (£171m) for forcing Instagram and Facebook users to choose between seeing ads or paying to avoid them.

It has issued a €500m (£428m) fine to Apple over its App Store, while Meta has been fined €200m (£171m) over the way it handled user data. "We have a duty to protect the rights of citizens and innovative businesses in Europe,

Parents could soon have a tool that automatically checks if children are using their correct ages on an Instagram account, according to Meta. The company announced on Monday that it is testing an artificial intelligence technology that would detect Instagram accounts,

Meta is using AI technology to search for kids who are lying about their age on Instagram in order to bypass safeguards, the company announced on Monday. When Meta finds an account that it suspects belongs to a teen,

Instagram (META) said Monday that it will begin using AI to catch teenagers using its platform with adult settings as it works to remedy its many child safety issues.