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“EU Launches DSA Investigation on AliExpress, the Leading Online Marketplace”

The European Union has opened its third formal investigation of a very large platform under the Digital Services Act (DSA), with China’s AliExpress earning itself the dubious honor of being the first online marketplace to face formal probe by the Commission. Social media platforms X and TikTok are the two other very large online platforms (VLOPs) already under formal DSA investigation (since December and February, respectively). They said it will also look into transparency and safety concerns related to influencers’ use of AliExpress. It said it will also investigate how the influencer affiliate program is implemented to verify whether it complies with DSA transparency rules. There’s no fixed timeline for the EU to conclude a DSA investigation.

Dylan Williams
March 14, 2024
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TikTok Under Formal Investigation by EU for Digital Services Act Violations, Citing Child Safety and Other Concerns

The European Union is formally investigating TikTok’s compliance with the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA), the Commission has announced. Although the EU’s concerns over TikTok’s approach to content governance and safety predate the DSA coming into force on larger platforms. Commenting in a statement, Margrethe Vestager, EVP for digital, said:The safety and well-being of online users in Europe is crucial. The EU may also accept commitments offered by a platform under investigation if they are aimed at fixing the issues identified. In TikTok’s case the platform informed the bloc last year that it had 135.9M monthly active users in the EU.

Zara Khan
February 19, 2024

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Elon Musk’s Company Under Investigation by EU for Illegal Content, Moderation, Transparency, and UX Deception

Elon Musk’s X marks the spot of the first confirmed investigation opened by the European Union under its rebooted digital rulebook, the Digital Services Act (DSA). Its earlier actions were focused on concerns about the spread of illegal content and disinformation related to the Israel-Hamas war. So the Commission’s official scrutiny of X could have real world implications for how the platform operates sooner rather than later. However the Commission obviously has doubts X has gone far enough on the transparency front to meet the DSA’s bar. The investigation may also test Musk’s mettle for what could be an expensive head-on clash with EU regulators.