EU toughens safety rules for online retailer Shein

Brussels, Belgium (AFP) April 26, 2024

The European Union on Friday added Chinese-founded online retailer Shein to its list of digital companies that are big enough to come under stricter safety curbs. The company joins Facebook, TikTok, X, YouTube and others on a list of "very large online platforms" which have more than 45 million monthly active users in the European Union. From the end of August - four months after the de