BRUSSELS, June 28 () –
The European Commission has given online shopping platforms Temu and Shein until 12 July to report on the measures they are taking to comply with their new obligations under the Digital Services Act, which requires them to strengthen the protection of minors and prevent the sale of counterfeit or fraudulent products.
Depending on the responses it receives, the Community Executive will assess whether to take the next step and open a formal procedure, as provided for in the new EU legal framework created to put a stop to the abusive practices of the most powerful online platforms. .
Specifically, Brussels asks Temu and Shein for more information on the measures they have taken to comply with the so-called “notification and action mechanism” that allows users to notify illegal products, as well as to ensure with their interfaces they are designed in a way that do not mislead or manipulate users.
It also asks for explanations about the guarantees of child protection, transparency of recommendation systems, the traceability of merchants and compliance by design.
The Commission considers these two companies “very large platforms” because they exceed the threshold of at least 45 million average monthly users in the European Union, which in practice means that they must meet the strictest standards, for example to when verifying the age of the user and taking measures to remove illegal content.
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