€200m penalty
It’s a good start. I guess they can always increase the fine if they continue to break the rules. Eventually the fine should be higher then their profit.
Pretty harsh fine for a business like Temu, which relies on a difference of a few cents at large scale to make a profit.
Nah, it’s a pittance. No one should be simping for a $50 billion dollar company, especially when that company is built around abusive labor practices and dangerous products.
a business like Temu, which relies on
a difference of a few cents at large scalede facto slave labor, substandard materials, and avoiding all safety practices to make a profit.Fixed it for you.
“A few cents” billions of times still amounts to billions in profits. They’ll do fine without the relative pittance that they undoubtedly consider the cost of doing business rather than an incentive to improve.
The EU should also fine it for selling pretty much only garbage.
I made the mistake of ordering a NASA logo t shirt.
The logo was on upside down.
I truly can’t believe people use things from there that go in or on your body, or touch anything that goes in or on your body.
I bought a wooden kids game, a wood slab etched with the game board and holes… what could go wrong. It smelled like some god awful carcinogenic gasoline-like substance for weeks.
I’m just gonna pass
It’s good but not much more than cost of doing business for them I’m guessing.
Paywalled 🥲
Genuine concern or anti-competitive practices?
Baby toys with tiny parts, jewelry loaded with lead, and clothes covered in dangerous chemicals. Which do you think it is?
Most drugs are transported to Europe by boat. Where are the fines on shipping companies?
