Jan Penfrat<p>So now that both <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> and <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> have formally appealed the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DMA</span></a> fines that are just pocket money for them, can we please start calling those lawsuits for what they are: intimidation similar to <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/SLAPPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SLAPPs</span></a>. </p><p>They are designed to bind public resources for years, which regulators will lack for enforcing the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DigitalMarketsAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalMarketsAct</span></a>, to intimidate civil servants in the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span>, and to show us that <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> is above the law and that we are helpless.</p><p>Let's not be intimidated. <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/ResistBigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResistBigTech</span></a></p>