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Booking.com faces EU probe over potential scam listings.

The European Commission, which polices big tech firms in the EU, says Booking.com may have broken the Digital Services Act by doing too little about fake listings and phishing. The commission is also checking whether the site hid that some hosts paid for extra visibility. Booking.com says it is engaging constructively, and a Dutch consumer group logged 200 scam reports in 2025.

By BriefTea Editorial · 22 October 2026 at 6:08

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