The European Commission welcomed on Friday 3 April a commitment by digital platforms to stop online scams promoting counterfeit COVID-19 protective equipment.
The platforms Allegro, Amazon, AliExpress, Bing, CDiscount, Ebay, Facebook, Google, Rakuten, Wish and Yahoo have called for measures to put an end to these practices, the Commission said.
In particular, they have set up “specific communication channels to increase cooperation with national consumer authorities”, to work towards...