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Shein gets more questions from EU about DSA compliance
After consumer protection scrutiny dialled up on fast-fashion giant Shein in the European Union on Wednesday, the bloc's executive announced Thursday that
The Commission oversees larger platforms’ compliance with a subset of DSA rules in areas like algorithmic transparency requirements — including an obligation to give data access to researchers so they can study systemic risks. The latest RFI to Shein covers a number of areas, with the Commission asking the ecommerce giant for “internal documents and more detailed information on risks linked to the presence of illegal content and goods on its marketplace, on the transparency of its recommender systems, and on the access to data for qualified researchers”. In the latter case, enforcing relevant aspects of the DSA, which — as well as the aforementioned algorithmic transparency and accountability requirements — include restrictions on anti-consumer tactics like dark patterns — is squarely in the Commission’s gift in its role overseeing VLOPs’ compliance.
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