From The Next Web · Ana-Maria Stanciuc · · 1m 10s
EU accepts Temu's compliance plan after €200M fine
The European Commission approved Temu's strategy to tackle illegal products on its platform, five months after penalising the marketplace for failing to properly assess risks to shoppers.
In brief
The European Commission approved Temu's strategy to tackle illegal products on its platform, five months after penalising the marketplace for failing to properly assess risks to shoppers. The European Commission accepted Temu's compliance plan to curb illegal products after fining it two hundred million euros for…
Commission accepts Temu's plan
The European Commission has accepted Temu's compliance plan to improve its handling of illegal products on the platform, five months after issuing a two hundred million euro fine.
Five areas of work outlined
Temu's plan covers platform-specific risk assessment, better use of data to measure safeguards, closer scrutiny of content moderation, examination of product recommendation systems, and how sellers exploit features to promote illegal listings.
Why the original fine was issued
The Commission found that Temu's two thousand twenty-four risk assessment relied on general information about online shopping rather than evidence specific to its platform, leading it to underestimate illegal product risks.
“Risk assessments are not box-ticking exercises; they are the backbone of the DSA.”
Four months to demonstrate progress
Temu must submit an interim risk assessment within four months covering a six-month period ending November thirty, twenty twenty-six, demonstrating that planned measures have been implemented.
The one thing
The European Commission accepted Temu's compliance plan to curb illegal products after fining it two hundred million euros for inadequate risk assessment under the Digital Services Act.
