Zalando says differs from other online platforms, EU tech rules should not apply

Flavius Niculescu

LUXEMBOURG : Zalando, Europe's biggest online fashion retailer, on Thursday criticised EU tech regulators for lumping it in the same group as Amazon and AliExpress, saying it should not be subject to as stringent provisions of the bloc's tech rules as the other two companies. The European Commission's Digital Services Act (DSA), which came into effect in 2022 requires very large online platforms (VLOP) to do more to tackle illegal and harmful content or risk fines as much as 6 per cent of their