European Union: European Commission and German Federal Network Agency investigation into compliance of very large online platforms and search engines' content moderation policies with Digital Services Act ahead of upcoming elections in Germany

X announced challenge against the Berlin Regional Court issued ruling requesting the platform to grant Democracy Reporting International immediate and unrestricted access to all publicly available data on the platform

European Commission issued request for information to Shein on illegal products and its recommender system

European Commission issued additional investigatory measures regarding X's recommender system in proceedings under Digital Services Act

Opened European Commission formal proceedings against TikTok for failing to adequately assess and mitigate systemic risks to electoral integrity

Opened European Commission formal investigation into Temu related to alleged infringement of the Digital Services Act

Issued European Commission request for information to YouTube, Snapchat, and TikTok on compliance with DSA obligations regarding recommender systems

Announced CNAM investigation into online platform compliance with EU Digital Services Act

Issued European Commission request for information to Meta under the Digital Services Act following CrowdTangle discontinuation

Announced appeal in lawsuit challenging designation as very large platform and disclosure of user identities in advertisement repository under the EU DSA (Aylo Freesites v European Commission)

Issued European Commission request for information to Amazon on its compliance with DSA's obligations on transparency of recommender systems

Announced European Commission investigation into Xvideos over minors protection and the prevention of gender-based violence

Announced European Commission investigation into Stripchat over minors protection and the prevention of gender-based violence

Announced European Commission investigation into Pornhub over minors protection and the prevention of gender-based violence

Announced KFST investigation into Temu over alleged violations of Digital Service Act

Closed European Commission case following LinkedIn discontinuation of targeted ads based on sensitive personal data

Announced Competition and Consumer Authority's referral to the European Commission of investigation into Meta regarding the use of TV hosts in fake ads on Facebook and Instagram

Issued EU Commission binding request for information to Microsoft under the Digital Services Act on generative AI risks on Bing

Opened EU Commission formal investigation into Meta for alleged breach of DSA in regards to protection of minors

Announced Viagogo's commitment to improve terms and consumer information following Commission and EU consumer authorities inquiries

Launched EU Commission formal investigation into TikTok concerning the launch of TikTok Lite in France and Spain

Issued CJEU ruling rejecting Amazon's request to suspend obligation for public advertisement repository under Digital Service Act (Case C-639/23)

Announced EU Commission formal proceedings against AliExpress to investigate compliance with DSA requirements regarding risk assessment and consumer protection measures

Issued EU Commission request for information to Meta under DSA regarding options for no ads subscription

Launched EU Commission formal investigation into TikTok’s compliance with the DSA

Issued Commission request for information to 17 Very Large Online Platforms and Search Engines regarding Compliance with Data Access Provisions of the Digital Services Act

Announced EU Commission investigation into Apple’s compliance with DSA requirements

Announced EU Commission investigation into Google’s compliance with DSA requirements

Announced EU Commission investigation into Amazon’s compliance with DSA requirements regarding risk assessment and consumer protection measures

Announced EU Commission investigation into Snap's compliance with requirements regarding protection of minors under the DSA

Announced EU Commission investigation into YouTube’s compliance with requirements regarding protection of minors under the DSA

Issued Court of Justice ruling on case C-376/22 regarding restriction of information society services through abstract legislative measures

Filed lawsuit against the European Commission's designation of Zalando as a "Very Large Online Platform" under the Digital Services Act (Zalando v Commission)