EU hits AliExpress with record $625 million DSA penalty for counterfeit risk and weak moderation
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The European Commission fined AliExpress a record $625 million under the Digital Services Act for failing to adequately assess and mitigate risks from illegal and counterfeit products, including understaffed moderation, easy evasion by sellers via miscategorization, ineffective brand authorization, and recommender/ads that amplified exposure; AliExpress plans to appeal, while EU officials stress that scale isn’t an excuse for failing to police online marketplaces.
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