Germany's Digital Services Coordinator found eBay violated multiple user-rights provisions of the EU's Digital Services Act, ordering the marketplace to fix problems with illegal-content reporting, enforcement explanations, and seller traceability or face escalation. Violations span a desktop reporting process regulators call hard to use, insufficient explanations when listings are removed or accounts suspended, and seller information that isn't easily accessible, with the enforcement-explanation gap echoing a longstanding seller complaint about opaque eBay decisions. Proceedings opened in January 2026 after user complaints, and while no fine has been issued yet, the regulator can impose one if eBay fails to fix the issues as it works to close its $1.2B Depop acquisition under UK review.
