Evidence is being gathered on U.S. big tech companies as the European Commission prepares for new leadership, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday (Sept. Within 100 days of taking office on Nov. 1, President-elect Ursula von der Leyen and her team indicate there will be new laws governing artificial intelligence (AI) and how tech companies like Facebook use big data. Big tech investigations were already initiated by commissioner Margrethe Vestager and could end with multimillion-dollar fines. Facebook and Amazon deny wrongdoing. Alphabet's Google has already been hit with $9.4 billion in fines resulting from three separate EU investigations, and a fourth is underway.