Amazon must improve recommender transparency and reporting tools, German court rules (update*)
By Sara Brandstätter ( August 5, 2026, 13:58 GMT | Insight) -- Amazon must change how it presents information about recommender systems, content moderation and illegal-content reporting under the Digital Services Act, following a German court ruling that partly favored the Bavarian consumer group. The court rejected claims concerning profiling-free recommendations for non-logged-in users and the accessibility of Amazon’s terms-and-conditions summary. Amazon was granted permission to appeal.Amazon must change how it presents information about recommender systems, content moderation and illegal-content reporting, after a German court partly upheld a Digital Services Act challenge brought by Verbraucherzentrale Bayern — the Bavarian consumer group....
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