That law requires Very Large Online Platforms — of which AliExpress is one — to assess what risks it carries for the spread of illegal content or goods and how it would mitigate them.
AliExpress failed to properly consider these risks and its content moderation systems show systemic failures, the Commission said Wednesday. It also said AliExpress doesn’t enforce its policy against traders that sell illegal goods.
The Commission accepted the company’s commitment in other areas of compliance with the DSA. Those include how it monitors the potential health impacts of goods sold on the platform, its notification system for illegal goods, and its internal complaint handling system.
The Commission also gave AliExpress sign off for changes the company has made over the transparency of its advertising and recommender systems (which promote content for users), to improve the traceability of traders, and for access to public data for researchers.
These cover the “majority” of the Commission’s concerns in the investigation, which was launched in March 2024, a Commission official said.
AliExpress will implement a new internal monitoring framework and will submit reports to an “independent Monitoring Trustee,” the Commission said.
