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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Lisa O’Carroll

AliExpress fined record €550m by EU for failing to stop sale of illegal and fake goods

AliExpress logo on a smartphone
AliExpress is the largest online retail operator in the EU with 193 million users. Photograph: Sheldon Cooper/SOPA Images/Shutterstock

The Chinese online retail platform AliExpress has been fined a record €550m (£470m) by the EU over its failure to stop illegal goods including harmful clothing, cosmetics and kitchen gadgets being sold through its site.

The European Commission fine is the biggest imposed by the bloc under Digital Services Act (DSA) legislation to protect consumers from illegal goods and deceptive or addictive marketing techniques.

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