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European Commission fines AliExpress €550 Million for the sale of illegal, unsafe or counterfeit products on its e-commerce platform. (digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu)
submitted 1 month ago by beep@piefed.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1274604/commission-fines-aliexpress-eur550-million-for-the-sale-of-illegal-unsafe-or-counterfeit

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[–] Dookieman12@piefed.social 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Headline should be, "European Commission demands their cut of the action." 🫴

[–] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah, when is Amazon getting their fine

[–] realitista@lemmus.org 1 points 1 month ago

A penalty is a deterrent either way and I'm glad that someone is standing up to this behavior. It's not an insignificant one. I would be even happier if we could spend it on EU common defense.