Europe faces pressure to curb surge in cheap Chinese importsEuropean industries face a challenge from cheap Chinese imports. A German tyre firm highlights the issue, stating Chinese products are ofte...
24 Oct, 2025, 02.53 PM IST
EU queries Apple, Google, Microsoft over financial scamsThe European Union on Tuesday demanded Big Tech players including Apple and Google explain what action they are taking against financial sc...
23 Sep, 2025, 09.52 PM IST
EU to finalise probes into tech platforms soon: Digital chief Henna VirkkunenSeveral online platforms, including Chinese retailers AliExpress and Temu and social media giants Facebook, Instagram, X and TikTok, are be...
19 Sep, 2025, 10.11 PM IST
Privacy group files complaint against AliExpress, TikTok and WeChatWhile most tech companies have a tool to fulfil requests for downloading user information, some Chinese companies have made it difficult to...
17 Jul, 2025, 09.16 PM IST
TikTok hit by fresh complaint over data accessOnline privacy campaigners filed fresh complaints against social media giant TikTok and two other Chinese-owned companies on Thursday, sayi...
17 Jul, 2025, 02.18 PM IST
Privacy group files complaint against AliExpress, TikTok, WeChatAustrian advocacy group noyb has filed data privacy complaints against AliExpress, TikTok, and WeChat, alleging non-compliance with EU laws...
17 Jul, 2025, 10.42 AM IST
EU accepts AliExpress' commitments to catch illegal online productsThe European Commission has accepted legally binding commitments from Alibaba’s AliExpress to tackle the spread of illegal and pornographic...
18 Jun, 2025, 02.19 PM IST
South Korea fines China's Temu for user data violationsSouth Korea’s data protection agency fined Chinese ecommerce giant Temu nearly $1 million for illegally transferring Korean users' personal...
15 May, 2025, 02.37 PM IST
TikTok, five other Chinese firms hit by EU privacy complaintsAustrian advocacy group Noyb has filed privacy complaints against six Chinese companies, including TikTok and Shein, for unlawfully transfe...
17 Jan, 2025, 02.53 PM IST
Chinese e-commerce giant giving Zara, H&M, and Amazon a run for their money hits major roadblockTemu, the popular Chinese online retailer, is under investigation by the European Union for potential violations of the Digital Services Ac...
04 Nov, 2024, 02.17 PM IST
Chinese online retailer Temu faces European Union investigation into rogue traders and illegal goodsThe European Commission opened its investigation five months after adding Temu to the list of "very large online platforms" needing the str...
31 Oct, 2024, 05.57 PM IST
Musk's X breached DSA online content rules, EU saysElon Musk's owned social media platform X (previously known as Twitter) has breached EU online content rules. This move by the European Com...
12 Jul, 2024, 03.54 PM IST
South Korea regulator may sanction Meta over marketplace: reportsThe Korea Fair Trade Commission (FTC) had investigated possible violations of the country's e-commerce law and had sent an examination repo...
08 Mar, 2024, 04.29 PM IST
South Korea probes data protection by ecommerce platforms like AliExpress, TemuThe Personal Information Protection Commission said it has been investigating overseas ecommerce platforms since last month, after a parlia...
07 Mar, 2024, 04.13 PM IST
EU opens probe into TikTok, YouTube over child protectionThe European Commission said it had sent formal requests for information to TikTok and YouTube respectively, the first step in procedures l...
09 Nov, 2023, 09.29 PM IST
EU's Breton urges Big Tech to use new online content rules to restore trustThe rules known as the Digital Services Act (DSA) require the companies to perform risk management, conduct external and independent auditi...
23 Aug, 2023, 10.00 PM IST
Chinese apps are thriving in India, despite being banned for almost a yearLast year, the Centre brought down hundreds of Chinese apps for engaging in activities 'prejudicial to the sovereignty, integrity and secur...
30 Aug, 2021, 10.47 AM IST