The sanction applies only to municipalities, but the law is a general one. Thus, others (e.g. businesses) could be sanctioned as well for using these and other

The sanction applies only to municipalities, but the law is a general one. Thus, others (e.g. businesses) could be sanctioned as well for using these and other Google products, on the same grounds. Thus, the headline is not really wrong (except that in a sense, they were already banned, since the law came into effect).