The Digital Services Act (DSA) is a European Union law designed to make the online environment safer, fairer, and more transparent. It became fully active for all covered platforms in February 2024.
The European Commission has fined online marketplace Temu €200 million for offering illegal products on its platform and for the resulting harm to EU consumers.
The European Parliament gave the final green light Tuesday to the first ever EU standards for the breeding, housing, traceability, import and handling of cats and dogs.
The EU Commission and consumer protection authorities have released the results of a screening (‘sweep’) of online discounts during Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales.
The EU Commission has preliminarily found Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos in breach of EU internet rules by failing to protect minors from being exposed to pornographic content on their services.
MEPs have given their green light to revised EU rules on package travel which enhance protection for holidaymakers by drawing lessons from the pandemic and high-profile bankruptcies.
More than a third (35.4%) of online shoppers in the EU reported encountering problems while making purchases through a website or an app in 2025, according to data from Eurostat.
