The European Commission has added ChatGPT, Reddit, and Roblox to the category of large internet platforms, intensifying oversight of compliance with the Digital Services Act (DSA) and setting a deadline of November of this year for compliance with the controls.

The aim of the law is to “increase the transparency of large platforms and reduce the dangers linked to their services.”

“Brussels has classified ChatGPT as a very large online search engine, while Reddit and Roblox have been categorized as large internet platforms.”

The European Commission will strengthen its oversight of algorithms and the risks associated with their services, particularly regarding the “dissemination of illegal content, the protection of minors, and the impact that certain functionalities may have on the user’s mental and physical health.” It will also consider “risks associated with public safety, electoral procedures, and fundamental rights.”

The Commission may request an analysis of the platforms’ operations and, when necessary, of related systems and functions.

Classification of large platforms

This category refers to platforms with a large number of users in the European Union that warrant greater oversight compared to other digital platforms.

“With these new additions, the European Commission now has 28 online platforms and search engines classified as very large services under the Digital Services Act.”

The inclusion of ChatGPT, Roblox, and Reddit makes clear the regional strategy to “increase control over large technology companies. EU regulation also extends to the growing AI ecosystem.”

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Google and TikTok are once again the focus of accusations from the European Union, which is now imposing multimillion-euro fines for various reasons.

In Google’s case, the fine is €890 million for allegedly violating the region’s Digital Markets Act by favoring its own services and blocking those of its competitors. According to the EU, this must cease within 60 days, under threat of further sanctions.

TikTok, for its part, allegedly violated the Digital Services Act by failing to guarantee secure accounts for minors, who, according to Brussels, can set their accounts to public, leaving their comments open to anyone. The fine is up to 6 % of its global annual revenue.

Both companies have received warnings from the European Commission, with specific guidelines to implement immediately, under penalty of further fines for non-compliance.

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Meta could face a million-dollar fine if the instant messaging platform WhatsApp does not comply with the new Eropean regulations of the Digital Services Act within a period of four months.

In the past, Mark Zuckerberg has faced other legal proceedings in his relationship with the European Union. In fact, he had to pay a fine of 800 million euros due to his abuses of the Marketplace in the region. Currently, the EU accuses him of violating the new regulations of the Digital Services Act.

In this sense, the European Commission warned Meta of a period of four months for WhatsApp to begin moderating its content. The parent company has the obligation to design strategies to reduce the risks of spreading false information.

“The technology giant has the freedom to mitigate the risks, from creating a moderation system to adding new functions that allow users themselves to regulate activity in the messaging application,” the regulators have indicated.

On the other hand, WhatsApp must undergo an annual audit and comply with the recommendations it receives. Also, the platform “will be obliged to share its data with the European Commission and national authorities to assess whether they comply with the norm.”

Regarding the fines that the EU is considering, they are estimated at 6 % of annual turnover. For now, WhatsApp meets the requirements to be considered a VLOP, but must still wait for formal designation.

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The European Union announced the first official investigation into social network X for violating the Digital Services Act by allegedly allowing the posting of illegal or non-transparent content.

According to the announcement in Brussels, the network owned by Elon Musk allegedly breached the rules on “content moderation and transparency, following posts related to the Hamas attack on Israel.”

European Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton, responsible for digital affairs, said: “The opening of a formal investigation against X shows that the days when big online platforms behaved as if they were too big to care about the rules are over.”

With this ruling, Breton made clear in the statement that an in-depth investigation will be carried out to determine whether the social network X violated the “obligations of the DSA with regard to the fight against the dissemination and amplification of illegal content and disinformation in the EU”.

On non-compliance with DSA rules, the law provides for fines of up to 6 % of the defendant’s total worldwide turnover. And if the company in question is found guilty, it may face a ban on operating in the EU.

The social network X is not the only one under the magnifying glass of the European Commission, as TikTok, Facebook and YouTube are also under investigation.

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The owner of social network X (formerly Twitter), Elon Musk, denied that he would withdraw access to the platform in the European Union (EU) after a strong rumor about this maneuver to not comply with the Digital Services Act (DSA).

Sources related to X pointed out that Musk was analyzing the withdrawal of the platform from the European Union, as well as the blocking of access from the member countries in order not to have to submit to the DSA.

Such claims were quickly denied by the tycoon, directly on his social network account, denouncing them as false.

The rumors in this regard arise a week after the European Commission issued an official request to X to send a detailed report on the handling of violent content in addition to the “disinformation” that circulates on the social network precisely within the framework of the commented legislation.

The Commission informed Musk that these aspects would be evaluated and, in response, could impose fines for publishing “incorrect, incomplete or misleading” information.

It is important to make reference to the DSA, which is the set of rules in Europe that obliges digital service companies to comply with the principles of digital security for users, innovation, competitiveness in the single market, among others.

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