Brussels: Temu did not exercise due diligence in identifying illegal goods on its platform.
The European Commission fined the Chinese online store Temu €200 million. The reason is dangerous chargers and children's toys.
Temu did not exercise due diligence in identifying illegal goods on its platform, as well as in assessing the harm they could cause to consumers in the EU, according to a press release from the European Commission. In particular, it is reported that there is a very high proportion of chargers that did not pass basic safety tests. The same applies to children's toys, which pose a threat due to chemicals whose concentrations exceeded the norm.
Moreover, Deutsche Welle reports that the product recommendation system on the platform is structured in such a way that the risk of purchasing illegal goods is heightened. In its investigation, the European Commission used a 'mystery shopper' method. "Temu's risk assessment report <…> leaves regulators, users, and the public in the dark about the scale of potential harm that illegal goods sold on the platform may cause," said Henna Virkkunen, Vice President of the European Commission for Technology Sovereignty, Security, and Democracy.
