The Commission requested information on its age assurance system. Additionally, the Commission is seeking more details on its recommender system, following reporting of harmful content being disseminated to minors.

The Commission requested Snapchat to provide information about how it prevents children under 13 years of age from accessing its services, as prohibited by the platform’s own terms of service. The Commission also requested Snapchat to provide information on the features it has in place to prevent the sale of illegal goods for children, such as vapes or drugs

The Commission requested information on how Google Play manages the risk of users, including minors, being able to download illegal or otherwise harmful apps, including gambling apps and tools to create non-consensual sexualised content, the so-called ‘nudify apps’. The Commission also aims to understand how Google Play applies apps' age ratings.

The Commission requested information on how AppStore manages the risk of users, including minors, being able to download illegal or otherwise harmful apps, including gambling apps and tools to create non-consensual sexualised content, the so-called ‘nudify apps’. The Commission also aims to understand how AppStore applies apps' age ratings.

The Commission asked to provide detailed information on how they assess the presence of fraudulent content and what measures they take to reduce the risks of financial scams.

The Commission asked to provide detailed information on how they assess the presence of fraudulent content and what measures they take to reduce the risks of financial scams.

The Commission asked to provide detailed information on how they assess the presence of fraudulent content and what measures they take to reduce the risks of financial scams.

The Commission asked to provide detailed information on how they assess the presence of fraudulent content and what measures they take to reduce the risks of financial scams.

The Commission asked to provide detailed information on how they assess the presence of fraudulent content and what measures they take to reduce the risks of financial scams.

The Commission preliminarily found Temu in breach of the obligation under the Digital Services Act (DSA) to properly assess the risks of illegal products being disseminated on its marketplace

the Commission preliminarily found AliExpress in breach of its obligation to assess and mitigate risks related to the dissemination of illegal products under the DSA.

The Commission made commitments with AliExpress related to: the assessment and mitigation of specific risks of dissemination of illegal content and content affecting health and minors, the notice and action and internal complaint handling mechanisms, the transparency of its advertisement systems, the transparency of its recommender systems, the traceability of traders, and access to public data for researchers.

The Commission's investigation focus on the risks for the protection of minors, including those linked to the absence of effective age verification measures. The Commission preliminarily found that the platform do not comply with putting in place: Appropriate and proportionate measures to ensure a high level of privacy, safety and security for minors, in particular with age verification tools to safeguard minors from adult content. Risk assessment and mitigation measures of any negative effects on the rights of the child, the mental and physical well-being of users, and to prevent minors from accessing adult content, notably via appropriate age verification tools.

The Commission's investigation focus on the risks for the protection of minors, including those linked to the absence of effective age verification measures. The Commission preliminarily found that the platform do not comply with putting in place: Appropriate and proportionate measures to ensure a high level of privacy, safety and security for minors, in particular with age verification tools to safeguard minors from adult content. Risk assessment and mitigation measures of any negative effects on the rights of the child, the mental and physical well-being of users, and to prevent minors from accessing adult content, notably via appropriate age verification tools.

The Commission's investigation focus on the risks for the protection of minors, including those linked to the absence of effective age verification measures. The Commission preliminarily found that the platform do not comply with putting in place: Appropriate and proportionate measures to ensure a high level of privacy, safety and security for minors, in particular with age verification tools to safeguard minors from adult content. Risk assessment and mitigation measures of any negative effects on the rights of the child, the mental and physical well-being of users, and to prevent minors from accessing adult content, notably via appropriate age verification tools.

The Commission's investigation focus on the risks for the protection of minors, including those linked to the absence of effective age verification measures. The Commission preliminarily found that the platform do not comply with putting in place: Appropriate and proportionate measures to ensure a high level of privacy, safety and security for minors, in particular with age verification tools to safeguard minors from adult content. Risk assessment and mitigation measures of any negative effects on the rights of the child, the mental and physical well-being of users, and to prevent minors from accessing adult content, notably via appropriate age verification tools.

The Commission informed TikTok of its preliminary view that the company does not fulfil the Digital Services Act (DSA)'s obligation to publish an advertisement repository.

The Commission requested Shein to provide internal documents and more detailed information on risks linked to the presence of illegal content and goods on its marketplace, on the transparency of its recommender systems, and on the access to data for qualified researchers. Moreover, the Commission is requesting Shein to provide detailed information on the measures adopted to mitigate risks relating to consumer protection, public health and users' wellbeing. The Commission is also requesting details on the protection of users' personal data.

The Commission requestes a ‘retention order’ requires the platform to preserve internal documents and information regarding future changes to the design and functioning of its recommender algorithms, for the period between 17 January 2025 and 31 December 2025, unless the Commission’s ongoing investigation is concluded beforehand.

The Commission opened formal proceedings against TikTok for a suspected breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA) in relation to TikTok's obligation to properly assess and mitigate systemic risks linked to election integrity, notably in the context of the recent Romanian presidential elections on 24 November.

The Commission issued a ‘retention order' to TikTok under the DSA, ordering the platform to freeze and preserve data related to actual or foreseeable systemic risks its service could pose on electoral processes and civic discourse in the EU.

The Commission sent TikTok a request for information (RFI) under the Digital Services Act (DSA), seeking details about how it managed risks of information manipulation during the Romanian elections. The request focuses on TikTok's analysis and mitigation of risks from inauthentic or automated activity, its recommender systems, and its efforts to enable third-party public scrutiny and access to data related to systemic risks in electoral processes.

The Commission opened formal proceedings to assess whether Temu may have breached the Digital Services Act (DSA) in areas linked to the sale of illegal products, the potentially addictive design of the service, the systems used to recommend purchases to users, as well as data access for researchers. In July 2025, the EC preliminarily found Temu in breach of the obligation under the Digital Services Act (DSA) to properly assess the risks of illegal products being disseminated on its marketplace

The Commission requested the platform to provide more information related to their transparency reporting obligations, as the Commission suspects they lack clear and easily comprehensible information on their content moderation practices.

The Commission requested the platform to provide more information related to their transparency reporting obligations, as the Commission suspects they lack clear and easily comprehensible information on their content moderation practices.

The Commission requested the platform to provide more information related to their transparency reporting obligations, as the Commission suspects they lack clear and easily comprehensible information on their content moderation practices.

The Commission requested Temu to provide detailed information and internal documents by 21 October 2024 to show how it is respecting European rules to limit the spread of illegal content under the bloc’s content-moderation law, the Digital Services Act (DSA). The firm also has to give information about its recommendation algorithm and the risk to the protection of users’ personal data.

The Commission requested detailed information and internal documents on the mitigation measures taken against the presence and reappearance of traders selling illegal products on its online marketplace.

The Commission sent a request for information asking to provide more information on the design and functioning of their recommender systems.

The Commission sent a request for information asking to provide more information on the design and functioning of their recommender systems.

The Commission sent a request for information asking to provide more information on the design and functioning of their recommender systems.