European Commission opens DSA investigation into Booking.com over fake listings, phishing/smishing scams and weak fraud defenses
The European Commission opened formal proceedings on 2026-10-21 under the Digital Services Act (DSA) against Booking.com, a very large online platform with more than 45 million EU users (theregister.com, olhardigital.com.br, infosecurity-magazine.com). The probe examines whether the company does enough to stop fraudsters from using the pl…