🌍 Europe 19h ago · Eliza Gkritsi

Brussels takes on the evils of online commerce

Politico Europe
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BRUSSELS — You know that customer-service bot that won’t let you cancel your subscription? The EU wants to kill it.  



With a new law presented Wednesday, the European Commission will take aim at the endless array of practices websites have used over the past 20 years to make more money from consumers.  



The Digital Fairness Act is the European response to a wider regulatory trend that has seen consumer authorities curb irksome and exploitative practices. These include dynamic pricing

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