Temu fined $232 million for breaching EU rules on sale of illegal productsFurther penalties could follow in the coming months as a result of a nearly two-year investigation under the Digital Services Act that req...
French regulator says most e-commerce platform products it tested breach EU rulesFrance's consumer watchdog found a staggering 75% of products from online platforms failed EU safety rules. Many items were found to be dan...
China hits food delivery platforms with 3.6 bln yuan fine for 'ghost' deliveriesChina has imposed hefty fines on seven major e-commerce platforms for serious food safety breaches. Companies like Taobao, Meituan, Pinduod...
Shein could face EU investigation but no interim measure, commission official saysShein could face an EU investigation on the sale of illegal products on its platform, but is unlikely to be hit with an order to suspend i...
EU fines X $140 million for breaching online content rules, TikTok settles with concessionsEU tech regulators have fined Elon Musk's social media company X 120 million euros for breaching online content rules under the Digital Ser...
Meta set to face EU finding it failed to police illegal postsThe European Commission is preparing to issue preliminary findings saying that Meta’s Facebook and Instagram lack an adequate “notice and a...
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...
EU claims 'sovereign right' to regulate tech after Trump threatThe European Commission defended its sovereign right to regulate tech giants, rejecting Donald Trump’s claims that EU rules unfairly target...
EU says Temu in breach of rules to prevent sale of illegal productsThe European Commission has accused Temu of violating EU regulations by failing to adequately prevent the sale of illegal products on its p...
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...
Shein hit with complaint from EU consumer group over 'dark patterns'The BEUC filed a complaint against Shein with the European Commission, accusing the fast-fashion giant of using “dark patterns” to push exc...
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...
De minimis ends: Consumers to pay the price as Trump kills 'big scam' that helped China's Shein, TemuDe minimis US-China tariff: The US has ended the de minimis exception, imposing tariffs on small packages from China and Hong Kong, a move ...
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...
Chinese apps including TikTok hit by privacy complaints in EuropeOnline privacy campaigners said Thursday they had filed complaints in several European countries against six Chinese companies including Ti...
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...
EU vs Big Tech: the cases keep mountingEuropean regulators have launched a series of probes into Big Tech. In the latest move, the European Commission asked Amazon for more infor...