BRUSSELS, Jan 14 (Reuters) - The European Commission

said on Tuesday it was assessing its cases against Apple ( AAPL ), Google

and Meta and that President-elect Donald Trump's impending

arrival in the White House did not affect its commitment to

enforcing its laws on big tech.

The European Commission has carried out a series of

investigations into U.S. tech firms under its Digital Markets

Act and Digital Services Act, which seek to make large platforms

adhere to market rules and act against illegal content.

Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg said Europe was

"institutionalizing censorship".

"We have been very clear that no matter which administration

is in place in third countries, this will not affect our

enforcement work," a Commission spokesperson told the EU's

executive's daily briefing.

The Financial Times reported that the European Commission

was reassessing its investigations of Apple ( AAPL ), Meta and Google in

a review that could lead it to scale back or change its

investigations that could lead to fines as U.S. groups urge

Trump to intervene.

The Commission denied it was carrying out a review.

"What we do have is upcoming meetings to assess maturity of

cases, to assess the allocation of resources and the general

readiness of the investigation," the spokesperson said.

The spokesperson said that the cases were still being

handled at a technical level and so not reached a point at which

decisions could be taken.

"Obviously there may be a political reality which puts

pressure on the technical work, but we need to distinguish the

two stages because we need to have a court-proof investigation,"

another spokesperson said.