Bloomberg reported that the two new additions will be announced as soon as in August.
OpenAI’s ChatGPT and the controversial video game Roblox are reportedly set to become subject to the most stringent rules under the European Union’s landmark Digital Services Act (DSA).
The bloc brands online services with more than 45m EU-based users as very large online platforms (VLOP) or very large online search engines (VLOSE).
This designation triggers specific rules that aim to tackle the unique risks that large platforms might pose to the safety of its European users, including around illegal content, ad transparency, health and safety.
Rules include creating user-friendly terms and conditions, establishing a point of contact for authorities and users, and report criminal offences. VLOPs and VLOSEs must also identify and assess systemic risks that could be linked to their services.
Designated platforms that don’t comply with these rules face penalties of up to 6pc of their global annual turnover.
21 platforms in the bloc, including X, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, LinkedIn and TikTok, are already subject to these regulations since the DSA’s enforcement in early 2024.
Since then, the Commission has launched numerous probes, resulting in penalties on X, Temu, and AliExpress collectively amounting to nearly €900m.
Bloomberg reported that the two new additions will be announced as soon as in August. The platforms will have four months from the designation to comply with the law. ChatGPT crossed 120m monthly users in Europe last year.
Earlier this month, the EU preliminarily found TikTok to have breached the DSA by allowing content posted by minors to be pushed globally, risking unwanted contact and cyberbullying.
The Commission also used its powers to order Meta to open WhatsApp up to rival AI assistants to ensure fair competition.
The DSA, alongside the bloc’s other landmark Digital Markets Act (DMA) have elicited criticism from US, which has called penalties under the law a “novel form of economic extortion”.
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Suhasini Srinivasaragavan is a sci-tech reporter for Silicon Republic
