The European Commission has launched an investigation into whether Chinese commerce platform Temu has violated the Digital Services Act.
The Commission says the probe will focus on areas such as the sale of illegal goods and the site’s addictive design.
William Denselow reports from Brussels.
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The Commission says the probe will focus on areas such as the sale of illegal goods and the site’s addictive design.
William Denselow reports from Brussels.
#Temu #Shopping #China
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00:00The European Commission suspects Timu of breaching the Digital Services Act.
00:05It will now investigate such things such as allegations of selling illegal products on its
00:11site as well as having an addictive design. If found that it has violated the DSA, it will be
00:18subject Timu to fines of up to six percent of its annual turnover. The European Commission warns
00:25that as Timu has grown rapidly in recent years saying that with more users comes more responsibility.
00:32The Commission does say that Timu has shown a level of compliance but with its responses
00:38says that they've been either rather generic or its key issues that it has have not been
00:43satisfactorily answered. The Commission warns that if it wants to sustainably grow then it
00:50has to play by the rules.