EU Probes Temu's Governance

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Temu's low cost marketplace faces formal probe in EU over raft of DSA compliance concerns | TechCrunch

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European Union has opened a formal proceeding on Chinese low cost ecommerce platform, Temu , under the Digital Services Act (DSA) The bloc's suspicions are focused on concerns about the sale of illegal products, addictive design and transparency of Temu ’s recommender systems.

The EU only designated Temu as subject to the strictest set of rules in May , with compliance for those rules expected from this month .

The European Consumer Organisation welcomed the Commission’s DSA proceeding announcement.

“Counterfeiting is an industrywide challenge, and we believe that collaborative efforts are essential to advancing our shared goals of protecting consumers and rights holders,” Temu said.

This decision by the Commission is a promising step, but only the first ,’ said BEUC .

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