EU court dismisses Amazon’s request to scrap EU tech label

The European Union’s General Court on Wednesday dismissed a request by Amazon to scrap its designation as a platform topic to stricter necessities underneath EU on-line content material guidelines.

Amazon had contested the lawfulness of the availability within the EU’s Digital Services Act that specifies which on-line platforms are labelled as “very large”. Those corporations are required to do extra to sort out unlawful and dangerous content material on their platforms.

The US on-line retail large had argued in court that marketplaces just like the Amazon Store don’t pose systemic dangers. But the EU’s second-highest court mentioned the EU was not mistaken in contemplating that very giant on-line platforms, together with marketplaces exceeding the brink of 45 million customers, have been a threat to society.

The dangers have been posed by “disseminating illegal content or infringing fundamental rights, including consumer protection”, the court mentioned.
“The obligations imposed on those platforms… are intended to prevent those risks, even if they entail significant financial burdens for those platforms.”

The court additionally dismissed all different arguments by Amazon.
Amazon didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.