Commission opens formal proceedings against AliExpress under the Digital Services Act

The Commission has opened formal proceedings to assess whether AliExpress may have breached the Digital Services Act (DSA) in areas linked to the management and mitigation of risks, to content moderation and the internal complaint handling mechanism, to the transparency of advertising and recommender systems, to the traceability of traders and to data access for researchers.

On the basis of the preliminary investigation conducted so far, including the analysis of the risk assessment report sent by AliExpress in August 2023, the information published in its Transparency report and its replies to the Commission's formal requests for information (from 6 November 2023 and 18 January 2024), the Commission has decided to open formal proceedings against AliExpress under the Digital Services Act.

More information is available in our press release.

Find further information:

The Digital Services Act package
DSA: Very large online platforms and search engines
Supervision of the designated very large online platforms and search engines under DSA
The enforcement framework under the Digital Services Act

Commission opens formal proceedings against AliExpress under the Digital Services Act

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