TECH CRUNCH – Nov 6 – European lawmakers are pressing major e-commerce and media platforms to share more data with each other as a tool to fight rogue traders who are targeting consumers with coronavirus scams. Didier Reynders, the EU commissioner for justice, met with 11 online platforms, including Amazon, Alibaba/AliExpress, eBay, Facebook, Google, Microsoft/Bing, Rakuten and Verizon Media/Yahoo, to discuss new trends and business practices linked to the pandemic and push the tech companies to do more to head off a new wave of COVID-19 scams. Next month regional lawmakers are set to unveil the Digital Services Act which will require platforms to take more responsibility for dealing with illegal content and dangerous products; and the Digital Markets Act which will require platforms considered to hold a dominant market position to make data available to rivals, with the aim of fostering competition in digital markets.
by Natasha Lomas
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