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EU investigates AliExpress over possible ‘dissemination of illegal content’ and other violations
The European Commission also is looking into whether the company did enough to prevent minors from accessing pornographic material via its online marketplace.
Chinese e-commerce giant AliExpress has become the first online marketplace to be investigated under the EU’s digital services act (DSA), after Brussels began a formal probe on Thursday. Last month, formal proceedings were opened to assess whether another Chinese-owned company, TikTok, may have breached the DSA in areas including the protection of minors, advertising transparency, data access for researchers, and the risk of addictive design and harmful content. “As a platform reaching over 100 million users in the EU, AliExpress must fully comply with the DSA and take proportionate action to fight the dissemination of dangerous goods for consumers’ health and for minors, including by influencers members of their ‘Affiliate Programme’,” he added.
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