The EU has fined AliExpress €550 million for selling illegal goods.… (товар · млн · продажа)
The EU has fined AliExpress €550 million for selling illegal goods. The European Commission imposed a fine of €550 million on the e-commerce platform AliExpress, owned by Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group Holding, for selling unsafe and counterfeit products.
Consensus
- The European Commission fined AliExpress 550 million euros for inadequate measures to prevent the sale of illegal goods.
- The fine was imposed due to violations of the Digital Services Act (DSA).
- AliExpress is required to submit a plan to address identified risks by October 20, 2026.
- The platform had been selling counterfeit clothing, unsafe toys, and hazardous cosmetics.
- The European Commission has been investigating AliExpress since 2024.
- AliExpress stated it disagrees with the decision and considers the fine disproportionate.
Points of divergence
- The products remained available for purchase on the platform even after being declared non-compliant with European standards. — vesti
- The fine is the largest ever imposed under the Digital Services Act (DSA). — kommerant
- AliExpress was found to have insufficient staff for product verification and ineffective moderation systems, as well as failure to prevent repeated violations. — vedomosti
- AliExpress overestimated the effectiveness of its system for detecting and removing illegal products and failed to properly assess the impact of its recommendation systems on spreading such goods. — interfax
Coverage (4 sources)
- EU fined AliExpress owner €550 million for selling counterfeit goods — Вести
- EU fines AliExpress €550 million for selling illegal goods — Коммерсантъ
- EU fines AliExpress €550 million for selling illegal goods — Ведомости
- EU fines AliExpress record €550 million for selling counterfeit products — Интерфакс