EU fines AliExpress $630 mil. over sale of illegal products
ONP Summary
The European Commission imposed a record €550 million fine on Chinese e-commerce platform AliExpress for violating the Digital Services Act by failing to prevent sales of illegal, unsafe, and counterfeit products. Millions of items flagged as unlawful by the company repeatedly became available for purchase, revealing inadequate enforcement capacity.
Progressive:Corporate negligence — progressive outlets emphasized AliExpress's failure to allocate adequate staff proportional to enforcement workload, creating systematic compliance failures.
Moderate:Systemic failure — centrist outlets highlighted how millions of products flagged as illegal repeatedly reappeared for sale despite company identification.
Conservative:Regulatory enforcement — conservative outlets reported the fine as appropriate Digital Services Act enforcement against platform violations of safety and legality standards.
BRUSSELS — The European Union on Monday slapped a 550-million-euro ($630 million) fine on online retailer AliExpress for allowing the sale of illegal products, including unsafe toys and cosmetics.
The EU said AliExpress also did not do enough to stop the sale of counterfeit products and that when the platform detected illegal goods were on sale, many remained online for several weeks.
The EU found some of the products sold on the platform did not meet the bloc's strict environmental and safety standards during its investigation into AliExpress launched in March 2024.
"Risks must be identified and addressed systematically to ensure consumers can safely shop online.
Today, we are holding AliExpress to this standard and request it to take action," EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen said in a statement.
It is the largest fine ever imposed under the EU's powerful Digital Services Act (DSA), part of the bloc's legal armory to police big tech that entered into force in 2022.
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