EU considers designating WhatsApp as very large platform, spokesperson says
The European Commission is considering recategorising Meta’s WhatsApp to make it more responsible for tackling illegal and harmful content, a spokesperson said on Friday.
The Commission is actively considering designating WhatsApp as a “very large platform”, which would increase its legal responsibilities to address damaging content, after it published a user number in February 2025 above the threshold for application of the Digital Services Act.
