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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa: 2,207 cases from 44 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.
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What for?
by action- Fine €2.47bn 100 % · 8 cases
- Order – 0 % · 6 cases
- Reprimand or warning – 0 % · 1 case
Who?
by sectorAll sectors
When?
per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | €308,529 |
| 2025 | 9 | €834.2m |
| 2026 | 4 | €1.64bn |
15 cases
23 Jul 2026 GoogleDMA: 890 million EUR against Google over self-preferencing and Play steering €890m
In two decisions, the European Commission found that Google favours its own services in search (460 million EUR) and prevents app developers on Google Play from steering customers to alternative offers (430 million EUR). Google was ordered to bring the infringements to an end.
Platforms' ranking rules and fee models must be demonstrably non-discriminatory and designed in compliance with the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
- Authority / court
- Europäische Kommission
- Area of law
- AI and digital regulation · Platform obligations
- Legal basis
- Verordnung (EU) 2022/1925 (DMA), Selbstbevorzugungsverbot und Anti-Steering-Pflicht
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Published
- 23 Jul 2026
- Commission fines Google €890 million for breaches of the Digital Markets Act Press release of an authority
- IP/26/1670: Commission fines Google €890 million for breaches of the Digital Markets Act Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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20 Jul 2026 AliExpressDSA: 550 million EUR against AliExpress over illegal and unsafe products €550m
AliExpress did not diligently assess the risks posed by illegal, unsafe and counterfeit products (including insufficient moderation capacity, recommender and advertising systems) and did not take effective countermeasures (including deficient enforcement of sanctions against traders, product checks that could be circumvented). The European Commission imposed 550 million EUR under the Digital Services Act (DSA) and required an action plan by 20 October 2026.
The size of a marketplace does not justify gaps: moderation capacity and sanctions against traders must match the actual risk.
- Authority / court
- Europäische Kommission
- Area of law
- AI and digital regulation · Platform obligations
- Legal basis
- Verordnung (EU) 2022/2065 (DSA), Risikobewertung und Risikominderung
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Mitigating circumstances
- Novelty of the Digital Services Act (taken into account by the Commission when setting the fine)
- Published
- 20 Jul 2026
- Commission fines AliExpress €550 million for breaching the Digital Services Act Press release of an authority
- IP/26/1654: Commission fines AliExpress €550 million for breaching the Digital Services Act Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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24 Jun 2026 Meta Platforms Ireland LimitedMeta: infringement of the P2B Regulation after fashion retailer’s Facebook page was hacked Order
After the Facebook page of the Danish fashion retailer Clothing By Ros ApS was hacked in 2023, Meta failed to respond appropriately for almost two years, gave no reasons for the de facto suspension and offered no effective complaint-handling procedure. The Konkurrencerådet (Danish Competition Council) found infringements of the P2B Regulation and ordered Meta to comply with the rules on statements of reasons and complaint handling in future.
Platform operators must give reasons for suspending business users and handle complaints promptly – silence counts as a decision in its own right.
- Authority / court
- Konkurrencerådet (Danish Competition Council)
- Area of law
- AI and digital regulation · Platform obligations
- Legal basis
- Verordnung (EU) 2019/1150 (P2B) Art. 4, Art. 11
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Published
- 24 Jun 2026
- KFST – The Competition Council rules against Meta (24.06.2026) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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28 May 2026 TemuDSA: 200 million EUR against Temu over deficient risk assessment of illegal products €200m
Temu's 2024 risk assessment was based on general industry data rather than on findings about its own service and underestimated how often EU consumers encounter illegal products; test purchases revealed unsafe chargers and baby toys. The European Commission imposed 200 million EUR under the Digital Services Act (DSA) and required an action plan by 28 August 2026.
Risk assessments must be based on the company's own, service-specific evidence – generic industry analyses are not sufficient.
- Authority / court
- Europäische Kommission
- Area of law
- AI and digital regulation · Platform obligations
- Legal basis
- Verordnung (EU) 2022/2065 (DSA), Risikobewertungspflichten sehr großer Online-Plattformen; Art. 75
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Published
- 28 May 2026
- Commission fines Temu €200 million for breaching the Digital Services Act Press release of an authority
- IP/26/1178 Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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29 Dec 2025 Cloudflare, Inc.AGCOM: €14.2m fine for Cloudflare for ignoring an anti-piracy blocking order €14.2m
In February 2025 (Delibera 49/25/CONS), AGCOM (Italian communications regulator) had required Cloudflare, as a service provider involved in making unlawful content accessible, to stop DNS resolution and the routing of traffic to domains and IP addresses reported via the "Piracy Shield" platform. Because the company took no measures even after the order had been served, the authority imposed a fine of 14,247,698.56 EUR – 1% of worldwide turnover, within a statutory range of up to 2%.
Orders from supervisory authorities must be implemented or challenged in court – mere inaction leads to turnover-based fines.
- Authority / court
- Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni (AGCOM)
- Area of law
- AI and digital regulation · Platform obligations
- Legal basis
- Art. 1 Abs. 31 Legge 249/1997 i. V. m. Legge 93/2023 (Anti-Piraterie-Gesetz) und Anordnung Delibera 49/25/CONS
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Repeat case
- no
- Mitigating circumstances
- No previous sanctions of this kind; because the provision was being applied to the company for the first time, the authority stayed below the maximum rate.
- Published
- 8 Jan 2026
- AGCOM, Delibera n. 333/25/CONS del 29 dicembre 2025, Ordinanza ingiunzione alla società Cloudflare Inc. Decision of an authority
- AGCOM, Delibera 333/25/CONS (Registerseite) Official register or notice
- AGCOM, Comunicato stampa 8 gennaio 2026: Sanzione di oltre 14 milioni di euro a Cloudflare Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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5 Dec 2025 XEuropean Commission: 120 million EUR DSA fine against X over blue checkmark and advertising repository €120m
First non-compliance decision under the Digital Services Act (DSA): the European Commission imposed 120 million EUR on X because the purchasable ‘verified’ checkmark deceives users, the advertising repository lacks essential information (content, topic, advertiser) and researchers are denied access to public data. X must present remedies within 60 working days and an action plan within 90 working days respectively.
Use verification and trust symbols only if verification actually takes place – otherwise they are treated as deceptive design.
- Authority / court
- Europäische Kommission
- Area of law
- AI and digital regulation · Platform obligations
- Legal basis
- Verordnung (EU) 2022/2065 (DSA), Art. 25 Abs. 1, Art. 39, Art. 40 Abs. 12
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Published
- 5 Dec 2025
- Commission fines X €120 million under the Digital Services Act Press release of an authority
- IP/25/2934 (Druckfassung) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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5 Dec 2025 TikTokTikTok: binding DSA commitments for a complete advertising repository Order
Following preliminary findings in May 2025 that TikTok’s advertising repository did not meet the requirements of the Digital Services Act, the European Commission declared commitments binding: complete ad content including links, updates within 24 hours, disclosure of targeting criteria with aggregated reach data and improved search functions. Depending on the commitment, implementation must take place within 2 to 12 months; breaches of the commitments count as breaches of the DSA.
Advertising repositories are a separate platform obligation – they must be complete, up to date and searchable, not merely exist formally.
- Authority / court
- Europäische Kommission
- Area of law
- AI and digital regulation · Platform obligations
- Legal basis
- Digital Services Act (Verordnung (EU) 2022/2065): Pflicht zum Werbearchiv; verbindliche Zusagen nach Art. 71
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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6 Nov 2025 Refurbed Marketplace GmbHAGCOM warns Refurbed Marketplace – first measure under the P2B Regulation in Italy Reprimand or warning
In the first Italian proceedings under the Platform-to-Business Regulation, AGCOM (Italian communications regulator) found that the online marketplace's terms and conditions gave business users insufficient information on ranking criteria, access to data and the internal complaint-handling system and mediation. The authority warned the company not to repeat the infringements and ordered it, within 120 days, to set up timely and transparent complaint handling, supplement its terms and publish reports on the complaint system.
Online marketplaces must disclose ranking criteria, data access and complaint channels for traders clearly in their terms and actually operate them.
- Authority / court
- Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni (AGCOM)
- Area of law
- AI and digital regulation · Platform obligations
- Legal basis
- Art. 5 Abs. 1, 9 Abs. 1 und 2, 11 Abs. 2–4 und 12 Abs. 1 Verordnung (EU) 2019/1150 (P2B-Verordnung); Art. 1 Abs. 31 Legge 249/1997
- Action
- Reprimand or warning
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Published
- 3 Dec 2025
- AGCOM, Delibera n. 263/25/CONS del 6 novembre 2025, Diffida nei confronti della società Refurbed Marketplace GmbH Decision of an authority
- AGCOM, Delibera 263/25/CONS (Registerseite) Official register or notice
- AGCOM, Comunicato stampa 3 dicembre 2025: primo provvedimento di diffida ai sensi del Regolamento platform-to-business Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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17 Oct 2025 WhatsApp Ireland Limited (Dienst „Channels“) und PinterestWhatsApp (Channels) and Pinterest: designated as ‘exposed to terrorist content’ Order
After both hosting services had received at least two final removal orders from EU authorities within twelve months, Coimisiún na Meán (Ireland’s media and online safety regulator) designated them as exposed to terrorist content under the TCO Regulation. They must take specific protective measures and report on them within three months; the regulator assesses their effectiveness.
Repeated removal orders trigger additional, monitored prevention obligations for platforms – content moderation must be prepared for this.
- Authority / court
- Coimisiún na Meán (irische Medien- und Online-Sicherheitsaufsicht)
- Area of law
- AI and digital regulation · Platform obligations
- Legal basis
- Verordnung (EU) 2021/784 (Terrorist Content Online Regulation): Einstufung als exponiert, spezifische Maßnahmen
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Coimisiún na Meán: Further determinations made under Terrorist Content Online Regulation (TCOR) (17.10.2025) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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18 Jun 2025 AliExpressAliExpress: DSA commitments on illegal products and trader transparency made binding Order
The European Commission declared binding commitments by AliExpress relating, among other things, to the detection of illegal products such as medicines and food supplements (including via hidden links and affiliate programmes), the notice and complaint system, the transparency of advertising and recommender systems, the traceability of traders and data access for researchers; an independent monitoring trustee oversees implementation. In parallel, it made a preliminary finding of a breach of the obligation to carry out a risk assessment.
Marketplaces must systematically detect illegal products – including where they are offered via detours such as affiliate links.
- Authority / court
- Europäische Kommission
- Area of law
- AI and digital regulation · Platform obligations
- Legal basis
- Art. 71 Digital Services Act (Verordnung (EU) 2022/2065)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Retail and e-commerce
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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23 Apr 2025 AppleDMA: 500 million EUR against Apple over anti-steering in the App Store €500m
In one of the first non-compliance decisions under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European Commission found that Apple prevents app developers from informing customers free of charge about cheaper offers outside the App Store and steering them there. In addition to a fine of 500 million EUR, the removal of the restrictions within 60 days was ordered, failing which periodic penalty payments may be imposed.
Gatekeepers must allow business users to communicate freely with their customers; technical or commercial hurdles are treated as circumvention.
- Authority / court
- Europäische Kommission
- Area of law
- AI and digital regulation · Platform obligations
- Legal basis
- Verordnung (EU) 2022/1925 (DMA), Anti-Steering-Pflicht
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Published
- 23 Apr 2025
- Commission finds Apple and Meta in breach of the Digital Markets Act Press release of an authority
- IP/25/1085 Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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23 Apr 2025 MetaDMA: 200 million EUR against Meta over ‘consent or pay’ model €200m
Between March and November 2024, Meta offered users of Facebook and Instagram only the choice between consenting to the combination of their data for personalised advertising and a paid subscription. The European Commission saw this as a breach of the obligation under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) to offer an equivalent, less data-intensive alternative, and imposed 200 million EUR.
A binary ‘consent or pay’ is not sufficient where the law requires an equivalent option involving less data processing.
- Authority / court
- Europäische Kommission
- Area of law
- AI and digital regulation · Platform obligations
- Legal basis
- Verordnung (EU) 2022/1925 (DMA), Einwilligung zur Datenzusammenführung
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Published
- 23 Apr 2025
- Commission finds Apple and Meta in breach of the Digital Markets Act Press release of an authority
- IP/25/1085 Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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19 Mar 2025 AppleApple: Commission sets out specific interoperability obligations for iOS by DMA decision Order
In two specification decisions under the Digital Markets Act, the European Commission set out which interoperability measures Apple must take: access for manufacturers of connected devices to nine iOS features (such as notifications on smartwatches, peer-to-peer Wi-Fi, NFC, pairing) and a more transparent and faster procedure for developers’ interoperability requests.
Gatekeepers must actively open interfaces – anyone handling third-party requests sluggishly risks detailed regulatory requirements.
- Authority / court
- Europäische Kommission
- Area of law
- AI and digital regulation · Platform obligations
- Legal basis
- Digital Markets Act (Verordnung (EU) 2022/1925): Interoperabilitätspflicht, Spezifizierungsbeschlüsse
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Telecoms, IT and software
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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30 Dec 2024 Techpump Solutions, S.L.CNMC: €308,529 fine on Techpump for lack of age checks on video platforms €308,529
The Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC, Spanish competition and markets authority) imposed seven fines totalling 308,529 EUR (five of 44,829 and two of 42,192 EUR) on Techpump Solutions because seven video-sharing platforms with pornographic content operated by the company lacked effective age verification and minors could gain access simply by declaring themselves to be adults. According to the CNMC, the company did not adequately remedy the shortcomings despite requests to do so.
Platforms with age-restricted content need genuine age verification; a mere click-through self-declaration does not meet Spanish requirements.
Protection of minors and age verification on platforms
- Authority / court
- Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC)
- Area of law
- AI and digital regulation · Platform obligations
- Legal basis
- Art. 89.1.e) und Art. 157.8 Ley 13/2022 General de Comunicación Audiovisual
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Published
- 17 Jan 2025
- CNMC, Resolución SNC/DTSA/008/24 (Techpump Solutions, 30.12.2024) Decision of an authority
- CNMC Expediente SNC/DTSA/008/24 Enforcement database of an authority
- La CNMC sanciona a Techpump por no verificar de manera eficaz la mayoría de edad de sus usuarios Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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13 Nov 2024 TikTok, X und Meta (Instagram)TikTok, X and Instagram: Irish regulator requires measures against terrorist content Order
Coimisiún na Meán (Ireland’s media and online safety regulator) determined that the services of TikTok, X and Meta (Instagram) are exposed to terrorist content after they had received at least two final removal orders from EU authorities within twelve months. The providers must take specific measures against the dissemination of terrorist content and report on them.
Platforms should record removal orders centrally – from the second within twelve months, additional obligations monitored by the regulator loom.
- Authority / court
- Coimisiún na Meán (irische Medien- und Online-Sicherheitsaufsicht)
- Area of law
- AI and digital regulation · Platform obligations
- Legal basis
- Verordnung (EU) 2021/784 (Terrorist Content Online Regulation): Einstufung als exponiert, spezifische Maßnahmen
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Coimisiún na Meán: Determination made under Terrorist Content Online Regulation (TCOR) (13.11.2024) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link