EC Deepens Investigation of AliExpress Compliance With Digital Services Act

The European Commission (EC) has opened formal proceedings to determine whether AliExpress breached requirements of the Digital Services Act.The probe will look at the online marketplace’s management and mitigation of risks, content moderation, handling of complaints, transparency of advertising, traceability of traders and accessibility of data to researchers, the EC said in a Thursday (March 14) press release.The opening of formal proceedings does not prejudge an outcome, the release said. Instead, it mea ...