The Chinese e-commerce giant breached the bloc's Digital Services Act (DSA) by failing to stop unsafe products from spreading on its marketplace
The European Commission fined the Chinese e-commerce giant Temu €200 million for failing to assess risks associated with the sale of illegal and other high-risk products on its platform under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA).
When issuing the fine on Thursday, the Commission said that European consumers were very likely to encounter illegal products on Temu and that the company failed to mitigate the risks posed by their circulation.
It said that the risk assessments submitted by Temu – an obligation for all online platforms designated under the DSA – fell short of the standards laid out in the bloc’s online digital rulebook.
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