Illegal products, addictive design & recommenders

Systemic-risk assessment of illegal products, addictive design, recommender-system transparency and researcher data access. Carries the largest DSA fine to date.

• Art. 27
• Art. 34
• Art. 38
• Art. 40

1. May 31, 2024 (approx.)Designated a VLOP

   Temu designated a Very Large Online Platform (>45M EU monthly users).

2. June 28, 2024Request for information

   First formal RFI.

3. October 11, 2024Request for information

   Second formal RFI.

4. October 31, 2024Formal proceedings opened

   Four strands: illegal products, addictive design, recommender systems and researcher data access. Source ↗

5. July 29, 2025Preliminary findings

   Temu preliminarily in breach of Art. 34 — an inadequate risk assessment of illegal products that relied on generic e-commerce information rather than Temu-specific evidence. Source ↗

6. May 28, 2026€200M fine

   Non-compliance decision and fine for the Art. 34 illegal-products risk-assessment breach — the largest DSA fine so far. Other strands remain under investigation. Source ↗

The largest DSA fine to date, for the Art. 34 risk-assessment breach on illegal products (evidence incl. unsafe chargers and hazardous baby toys). Temu must submit an action plan by 28 Aug 2026. The addictive-design, recommender and data-access strands remain open.