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EU nations debate revamp of non-EU online marketplace liability regime

By Matthew Newman ( December 5, 2025, 17:03 GMT | Insight) -- European governments debated on Friday whether the EU should change its liability regime for e-commerce platforms based outside of the bloc, following uproar over Chinese online retailer Shein’s sale of child-like pornographic dolls in France. The discussion follows several European Commission probes of online markets places such as Temu and AliExpress for alleged violations of the bloc's Digital Services Act.European governments debated on Friday whether the EU should change its liability regime for e-commerce platforms based outside of the bloc, following uproar over Chinese online retailer Shein selling child-like pornographic dolls in France....

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