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Who was sanctioned, and for what?
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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Where?
by countryWhat for?
by area of lawAll areas of law
- Competition law €4.44bn 50 % · 18 cases
- Data protection €4.01bn 45 % · 31 cases
- AI and digital regulation €320.3m 4 % · 7 cases
- Consumer protection and online retail €100.4m 1 % · 14 cases
- Capital markets and financial supervision €5.63m 0 % · 2 cases
- Other €3.85m 0 % · 3 cases
- Health and safety and employment law €153,300 0 % · 1 case
- Information security and cyber €870 0 % · 1 case
Who?
by company- Anonymised companies €3.29bn 37 % · 38 cases
- Google €2.95bn 33 % · 1 case
- Meta €997.7m 11 % · 3 cases
- TikTok Technology Limited €530m 6 % · 1 case
- Google LLC und Google Ireland Limited €325m 4 % · 1 case
- LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company €310m 3 % · 1 case
- Meta Platforms Ireland Limited €251m 3 % · 2 cases
- X €120m 1 % · 1 case
- Airbnb €64.1m 1 % · 1 case
- DPG Media nv; Mediahuis nv; PPP Belgium bv; bpost nv (Kronzeuge) €11.9m 0 % · 1 case
- 26 more€32.2m
When?
per year, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | €882m |
| 2023 | 21 | €1.63bn |
| 2024 | 20 | €2.14bn |
| 2025 | 17 | €4.21bn |
| 2026 | 14 | €18m |
77 cases
26 Aug 2026 Wolt DenmarkWolt: Competition Council finds abuse of dominant position vis-à-vis restaurants Order
In 2022–2024, the delivery service used a standard clause to prohibit restaurants from being cheaper on their own channels than on Wolt, while at the same time being able to grant discounts without consultation and to compensate customers up to 400 DKK at the restaurants’ expense. The Konkurrencerådet (Danish Competition Council) ordered the practice to cease, required Wolt to inform all restaurants and intends to enforce a fine through the courts.
Platforms with a high market share should have parity clauses and unilateral cost shifting in standard terms reviewed under competition law.
- Authority / court
- Konkurrencerådet (Danish Competition Council)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- Konkurrenceloven; AEUV Art. 102
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Published
- 26 Aug 2026
- KFST – Wolt has abused its dominant position (26.08.2026) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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13 Aug 2026 Plattform für Freelancer und neun entleihende Unternehmen (anonymisiert)Labour Authority fines freelance platform and nine hirers €153,300
The Nederlandse Arbeidsinspectie (Netherlands Labour Authority) imposed fines totalling 153,300 EUR on a platform for freelancers and nine companies that used it to deploy foreign workers without a right to work in hospitality and education: 146,500 EUR under the Wav (Foreign Nationals Employment Act) (platform 66,000 EUR, the nine hirers 4,000 to 27,000 EUR each, together 80,500 EUR) and 6,800 EUR under the Waadi (Placement of Personnel by Intermediaries Act) (platform 3,400 EUR, two hirers 2,000 and 1,400 EUR). The platform regarded itself merely as an intermediary; based on how it actually operated, the Labour Authority classed it as an employer under the broad Wav definition.
Platforms placing workers can be treated as employers based on how they actually operate and must check the right to work; hirers are liable as well.
Employer obligations of placement platforms and hirers
- Authority / court
- Nederlandse Arbeidsinspectie
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Minimum wage and undeclared work
- Legal basis
- Wet arbeid vreemdelingen (Wav); Wet allocatie arbeidskrachten door intermediairs (Waadi)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Published
- 13 Aug 2026
- Nederlandse Arbeidsinspectie: Freelanceplatform en 9 bedrijven beboet voor illegale tewerkstelling Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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29 Jul 2026 Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)KommAustria finds unlabelled product placement in ORF's ‘Sport aktuell’ Order
In the programme ‘Sport aktuell’ on ORF 1 on 29 July 2025, a logo wall was visible as product placement without being labelled. The Austrian Communications Authority (Kommunikationsbehörde Austria, KommAustria) found, with final effect, a violation of the ORF Act (ORF-Gesetz).
Product placements must be identified and labelled by the editorial team – including logo walls in the background.
Labelling of advertising and product placement
- Authority / court
- Kommunikationsbehörde Austria (KommAustria)
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail · Misleading advertising and pricing
- Legal basis
- § 16 Abs. 5 Z 4 ORF-G
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Published
- 29 Jul 2026
- KommAustria, Entscheidung 2025-0.606.040-3-A (ORF, Sport aktuell) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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24 Jul 2026 Société d'exploitation d'un service d'information (SESI)Arcom: EUR 200,000 fine on CNews operator SESI over programme breaches €200,000
On 24 July 2026 Arcom imposed a fine of EUR 200,000 on Société d'exploitation d'un service d'information (SESI), the operator of the news channel CNews. In Arcom's view, two programmes broadcast in June and September 2025 contained statements about people of (presumed) immigrant background and Muslims, without sufficient context or challenge, that were capable of inciting hatred and discrimination; Arcom considered this a breach of Article 15 of Law No 86-1067 and of the channel's contractual obligations on non-discrimination and control of its programming. In setting the amount, Arcom took into account earlier sanctions against SESI for breaches of the same obligations in 2021 and 2024. Arcom did not sanction a third programme it examined. Whether the decision has been appealed is not known here.
Broadcasters of opinion formats must put polarising statements into editorial context; a lack of challenge in the studio reflects on the broadcaster.
Editorial framing of polarising statements
- Authority / court
- Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique (Arcom)
- Area of law
- Other
- Legal basis
- Art. 15, 42-1 und 42-2 Loi n° 86-1067 du 30 septembre 1986 (liberté de communication); Art. 2-2-1 und 2-3-2 der Vereinbarungen vom 27. November 2019 und 10. Dezember 2024
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Repeat case
- yes
- Published
- 29 Jul 2026
Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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8 Jul 2026 Meta Platforms Inc.; Meta Platforms Ireland LimitedMeta: interim orders on remuneration for press content (neighbouring rights) Order
At the request of the press association Alliance de la Presse d’Information Générale (APIG), the Autorité de la concurrence (French Competition Authority) imposed interim measures on Meta because its conduct in negotiations on remuneration for press publishers’ neighbouring rights could amount to an abuse of a dominant position. Meta must negotiate in good faith on remuneration for all Meta services from 1 February 2025, provide the information needed for the assessment within 15 days, must not degrade the display of press content during the negotiations and must report to the authority monthly. On the same day a similar decision (26-MC-02) was issued at the request of the collective management organisation DVP.
Dominant platforms must conduct remuneration negotiations transparently and give their negotiating partners the data that makes an objective assessment possible in the first place.
Abuse of market power in remuneration negotiations with content providers
- Authority / court
- Autorité de la concurrence
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- Art. L. 464-1 Code de commerce (mesures conservatoires); vorläufige Würdigung nach Art. L. 420-2 Code de commerce und Art. 102 AEUV; Art. L. 218-4 Code de la propriété intellectuelle
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Published
- 8 Jul 2026
- Autorité de la concurrence, Décision 26-MC-01 du 8 juillet 2026 (Entscheidungsseite) Decision of an authority
- Autorité de la concurrence, Décision 26-MC-01 (Volltext, PDF) Decision of an authority
- Autorité de la concurrence, Communiqué de presse zu 26-MC-01 Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 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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9 Jun 2026 MetaMeta: interim measures to keep WhatsApp open to rival AI assistants free of charge Order
The European Commission ordered Meta to restore access for rival general-purpose AI assistants to the WhatsApp for Business interface on the terms in place before 15 October 2025, i.e. free of charge, and to maintain it until the final decision. The Commission found a prima facie abuse of a dominant position in consumer communication apps, because Meta had first excluded third-party assistants and later charged a fee with practically the same effect; the measures had to be implemented within five working days.
A company that has opened its dominant platform to third parties must not squeeze out competitors in the growing AI market through exclusion or prohibitive fees.
Refusal of platform access to AI competitors
- Authority / court
- Europäische Kommission
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- Art. 102 AEUV; Art. 54 EWR-Abkommen; Art. 8 Abs. 1 VO (EG) Nr. 1/2003
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Published
- 9 Jun 2026
- Commission imposes interim measures on Meta to preserve free access to WhatsApp for rival AI assistants (IP/26/1276) Press release of an authority
- Presscorner-Schnittstelle, Volltext IP/26/1276 Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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26 May 2026 Mediaworks Hungary Zrt.Mediaworks Hungary: 50 million HUF for links to leaked map of party supporters €140,706
On 7 November 2025, the publisher's news portals Origo and Magyar Nemzet linked to a map, created by unknown persons, containing the names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, geo-coordinates and political preferences of Tisza sympathisers; Ripost showed an image with the name of the map. The Hungarian data protection authority (Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság, NAIH) found intentional infringements of Art. 6 and 9 GDPR, prohibited further dissemination and imposed 50 million HUF.
Linking to leaked data is itself a separate processing operation – editorial teams need a data protection review before publication.
Handling leaked personal data in newsrooms
- Authority / court
- Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság (NAIH)
- Area of law
- Data protection
- Legal basis
- DSGVO Art. 6 Abs. 1, Art. 9 Abs. 1, Art. 58 Abs. 2 lit. b und f
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Culpability
- intentional
- Published
- 26 May 2026
Original amount 50,000,000 HUF, converted at the ECB reference rate of 26 May 2026.
- NAIH/962-10/2026 – Határozat (Mediaworks Hungary Zrt.) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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14 Apr 2026 Gyldendal A/SGyldendal: fine for storing data of 685,000 former book club members for years Fine
The publisher kept data of around 685,000 former book club members in a ‘passive database’, in around 395,000 cases more than ten years after they had left, without any deletion rules. The Danish Data Protection Agency (Datatilsynet) had recommended a fine of 1 million DKK in 2022; the case was closed on 14 April 2026 with a fine notice whose amount is not stated in the source.
‘Passive’ legacy data also needs a deletion concept – storage without a purpose is a separate infringement.
- Authority / court
- Anklagemyndigheden (Bødeforelæg) auf Anzeige der Datatilsynet
- Area of law
- Data protection
- Legal basis
- DSGVO Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. e, Art. 5 Abs. 2
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Mitigating circumstances
- Cooperative conduct; only two employees had access to the passive database; deletion after the supervisory visit.
- Datatilsynet – Gyldendal indstilles til bøde (Opdatering: afgjort 14. april 2026) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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17 Mar 2026 Trustpilot Group Plc, Trustpilot A/S, Trustpilot S.r.l.Trustpilot: 4 million EUR fine for inadequate verification of the authenticity of reviews €4m
According to the AGCM, the review platform did not adequately check whether reviews – including those labelled as "verified" – were genuine, and allowed companies to invite specifically selected customers to leave reviews via paid services, which undermined the representativeness of the star ratings. In addition, information on how the platform works and on paid services was lacking; the authority also saw dark pattern elements in this.
Anyone who advertises with verified reviews must actually carry out the verification and disclose the selective collection of reviews.
- Authority / court
- Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM)
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail · Fake reviews
- Legal basis
- Artt. 20, 21, 22 e 23, comma 1, lett. bb-ter Codice del Consumo
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Published
- 23 Mar 2026
- PS12962 - Sanzione di 4 milioni di euro a Trustpilot per pratica commerciale scorretta Press release of an authority
- AGCM Provvedimento PS12962 (Trustpilot), adunanza del 17 marzo 2026 Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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5 Mar 2026 SIA "SS"Classifieds portal ss.lv blocked users of competitor – fine of 186,781 EUR €186,781
From March 2020 to May 2021, the operator of ss.lv/ss.com (market share over 60%) deleted advertisements and blocked accounts of users – mainly car dealers and estate agents – who also advertised on the competing platform pp.lv; anyone wishing to register with an inbox.lv address additionally had to provide a different e-mail address. The Konkurences padome (Latvian Competition Council) considered this an abuse of a dominant position (Art. 102 TFEU), imposed 186,780.65 EUR and required objective criteria for dealing with customers.
Market-leading platforms must not punish users for multi-homing – internal moderation rules need objective criteria.
Competition law limits in dealing with competitors’ customers
- Authority / court
- Konkurences padome (Lettischer Wettbewerbsrat)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- Art. 102 AEUV
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Published
- 18 Mar 2026
- KP konstatē SIA „SS“ dominējoša stāvokļa ļaunprātīgu izmantošanu … naudas sodu 186 780,65 EUR (18.03.2026) Press release of an authority
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19 Feb 2026 Restaurant Partner Polska sp. z o.o. (Betreiberin der Plattform Glovo)Glovo Poland: 5.9 million PLN for copies of identity documents without legal basis €1.4m
Since 2019, the delivery platform had required scans or photos of its users’ identity cards and passports in cases of suspected fraud, relying on legitimate interests. The Prezes Urzędu Ochrony Danych Osobowych (President of Poland’s data protection authority, UODO) regarded this as processing without a legal basis and a breach of data minimisation, imposed 5,898,064 PLN and ordered the processing to stop and the data to be erased.
Fraud prevention does not justify copies of identity documents – only those authorised by law may capture documents in full.
Copying identity documents and data minimisation
- Authority / court
- Prezes Urzędu Ochrony Danych Osobowych (UODO)
- Area of law
- Data protection · Data subject rights and transparency
- Legal basis
- Art. 5 Abs. 1 lit. a und c, Art. 5 Abs. 2, Art. 6 Abs. 1 DSGVO (DKN.5112.33.2022)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Published
- 16 Mar 2026
Original amount 5,898,064 PLN, converted at the ECB reference rate of 19 Feb 2026.
- Nie można kopiować dokumentów bez podstawy prawnej - kara dla Glovo Press release of an authority
- Decyzja DKN.5112.33.2022 z 19 lutego 2026 Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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18 Feb 2026 Check24 GmbHBundeskartellamt: Check24 drops best-price clauses towards energy suppliers Order
The Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office) declared binding commitments by Check24 GmbH under which the comparison website gives up price parity clauses when brokering electricity and gas contracts: energy suppliers may offer their tariffs more cheaply via other websites and their own sales channels without the contractual relationship, commission or ranking depending on it (no 'dimming'). In its preliminary assessment the authority had concerns under Articles 101 and 102 TFEU and Sections 1, 19 and 20 of the German Competition Act (GWB).
Leading brokerage platforms should avoid best-price clauses; indirect levers such as a worse ranking also count as parity requirements.
Best-price and parity clauses in brokerage contracts
- Authority / court
- Bundeskartellamt
- Area of law
- Competition law · Abuse of market power
- Legal basis
- § 32b Abs. 1 GWB (Verpflichtungszusagen); Bedenken nach Art. 101, 102 AEUV, §§ 1, 19, 20 GWB (Az. B8-40/25)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Published
- 24 Feb 2026
- Check24 verpflichtet sich zur Aufgabe von Preisparitätsklauseln gegenüber Energieversorgern (24.02.2026) Press release of an authority
- Bundeskartellamt, Beschluss B8-40/25 vom 18.02.2026 Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 2 Oct 2026 · Direct link
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12 Feb 2026 DPG Media nv; Mediahuis nv; PPP Belgium bv; bpost nv (Kronzeuge)Press concession: 11.9 million EUR for collusion in newspaper delivery tender €11.9m
So that bpost would obtain the state concession for newspaper delivery for 2023–2027, its competitor PPP refrained from submitting a bid and in return received additional delivery volumes from DPG Media and Mediahuis (bid rigging). In a settlement procedure, the Autorité belge de la Concurrence / Belgische Mededingingsautoriteit (Belgian Competition Authority, BMA) imposed 3,786,574 EUR (DPG Media), 7,788,423 EUR (Mediahuis) and 323,486 EUR (PPP); bpost, as leniency applicant, received full immunity.
Agreements on who participates in a tender are hardcore cartels; leniency applicants benefit.
Collusion in public tenders
- Authority / court
- Autorité belge de la Concurrence / Belgische Mededingingsautoriteit (BMA)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Code de droit économique Art. IV.1; AEUV Art. 101
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Mitigating circumstances
- Leniency programme (immunity for bpost; reductions of 50% and 40% for DPG Media and Mediahuis respectively) and 10% settlement reduction.
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not reported here.
- Published
- 13 Feb 2026
- BMA – Communiqué de presse N° 6/2026 (13.02.2026) Press release of an authority
- BMA – Beslissing BMA-2026-RPR-04-AUD (Krantenconcessie), publieke versie, 12.02.2026 Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Version 2 · Direct link
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15 Dec 2025 AirbnbConsumer ministry: €64m fine on Airbnb for listings without a licence €64.1m
The Ministerio de Derechos Sociales, Consumo y Agenda 2030 (Spanish Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and 2030 Agenda) imposed fines totalling 64,055,311 EUR on the holiday rental platform Airbnb, mainly because 65,122 listings advertised holiday homes without a licence, with a non-matching registration number or without accurate information on the legal status of the hosts (63,980,311 EUR, six times the unlawful profit). In addition, 10,000 EUR were imposed for missing information on distance contracts, 10,000 EUR for unanswered information requests and 55,000 EUR for failing to comply with interim orders; Airbnb must also remove the unlawful content and publish the sanction. The decision is not final.
In Spain, platforms can be liable under consumer law for third-party listings if they do not check mandatory information such as holiday rental registration numbers and do not remove objectionable content in time.
Platforms' responsibility for mandatory information in third-party listings
- Authority / court
- Ministerio de Derechos Sociales, Consumo y Agenda 2030
- Area of law
- Consumer protection and online retail · Misleading advertising and pricing
- Legal basis
- Art. 47.1 Buchst. m), t), i) und o) Texto refundido de la Ley General para la Defensa de los Consumidores y Usuarios (Real Decreto Legislativo 1/2007)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Published
- 15 Dec 2025
- Consumo sanciona con 64 millones de euros a Airbnb por anunciar viviendas sin licencia (15.12.2025) Press release of an authority
- La justicia obliga a Airbnb a pagar los 64 millones de euros previstos en la multa que le impuso Consumo (23.03.2026) 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
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2 Dec 2025 Russmedia Digital SRLCJEU: online marketplace is liable as controller for data in user adverts –
On the Romanian marketplace publi24.ro, a fake advert appeared with photos and the telephone number of a woman, claiming that she offered sexual services. The Court of Justice of the European Union (Grand Chamber, Case C-492/23) ruled that the operator is a controller within the meaning of the GDPR, must identify adverts containing sensitive data before publication and verify identity or consent, and cannot rely on the liability exemption of the E-Commerce Directive.
Platforms with user content must technically detect and check sensitive data before publication – notice and takedown alone is not sufficient.
- Authority / court
- Gerichtshof der Europäischen Union (Große Kammer), Rs. C-492/23
- Area of law
- Data protection · Data subject rights and transparency
- Legal basis
- DSGVO (Verantwortlicher, Art. 9, Art. 32); Richtlinie 2000/31/EG
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Published
- 2 Dec 2025
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20 Nov 2025 Les Publications Condé NastCNIL: 750,000 EUR against Vanity Fair publisher Condé Nast over cookies without consent €750,000
On vanityfair.fr, cookies requiring consent were set before any interaction with the banner, trackers were labelled as ‘strictly necessary’ and cookies continued to be placed even after ‘Reject all’. Following a complaint by noyb, the publisher had already received a formal notice in 2021; follow-up inspections in 2023 and 2025 by the French data protection authority (CNIL) showed continuing infringements.
A cookie banner must technically deliver what it promises: after ‘Reject’, no further trackers may be set – and this should be tested regularly.
- Authority / court
- Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (CNIL)
- Area of law
- Data protection · Cookies and tracking
- Legal basis
- Art. 82 Loi Informatique et Libertés
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Repeat case
- yes
- Published
- 27 Nov 2025
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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30 Oct 2025 MM Grupp OÜCinema chain MM Grupp (Apollo) took over Forum Cinemas without clearance – 7.5 million EUR €7.51m
In 2021, the Estonian parent company of Apollo cinemas acquired control of Forum Cinemas Lithuania before the notified merger had been cleared and integrated the cinemas in Vilnius and Kaunas into its network, even though the Konkurencijos taryba (Lithuanian Competition Council) had provisionally expressed competition concerns. Fine of 7,507,930 EUR (0.8% of consolidated worldwide turnover) and obligation to end the infringement within six months. Source: archived copy of the press release.
No implementation before clearance: restructurings and leases can also constitute prohibited early implementation.
- Authority / court
- Konkurencijos taryba (Litauischer Wettbewerbsrat)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Merger control
- Legal basis
- Konkurencijos įstatymas (Vollzugsverbot bei Zusammenschlüssen)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Media and online platforms
- Published
- 30 Oct 2025
- Konkurencijos taryba, Pranešimas 2025-10-30 (Archivkopie web.archive.org von kt.gov.lt) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link