As the EU's competition commissioner, Vestager is arguably the world's most important tech regulator. Vestager has cultivated a down-to-earth image — she likes to knit elephants during meetings — that belies her formidable powers of enforcement. Another 2.4 billion euro ($2.8 billion) penalty was punishment for manipulating shopping search results. Vestager ordered Apple to pay back up to 13 billion euros ($15 billion) in back taxes from Ireland. "That was the idea before the world became digital," Vestager said.

Source: ABC News January 21, 2019 09:50 UTC