The European Union’s executive arm wants to ensure the Chinese online shopping platform’s goods “meet EU standards and do not harm consumers.”
The European Union’s executive arm wants to ensure the Chinese online shopping platform’s goods “meet EU standards and do not harm consumers.”
E-Commerce-Platform Temu on an iPhone
Temu has grown rapidly in Europe and the United States through aggressive
The European Commission opened an investigation into the Chinese online shopping platform Temu on suspicion the site is doing too little to stop the sale of illegal products.
“We want to ensure that Temu is complying with the Digital Services Act. Particularly in ensuring that products sold on their platform meet EU standards and do not harm consumers,” European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said in a statement on Thursday.
Temu said it would cooperate with the EU.
Temu faces scrutiny over counterfeit goods and ‘addictive design’
In May, the European Commission classified Temu as a “very large online platform” under the DSA. It requires the world’s largest tech firms to do more to protect European consumers online.
Worried about counterfeit items being sold on Temu, Vestager wants to know what systems Temu has in place to crack down on curb “rogue traders” selling “non-compliant goods” as well as how the platform restricts their “reappearance.”
