EU considers making WhatsApp more responsible for tackling harmful content

BRUSSELS: Meta Platform’s messaging unit WhatsApp will likely be subject to tough ⁠online content rules targeting illegal and harmful content after it met the user threshold under this regulation, a European Commission spokesperson said ‌on Friday.

WhatsApp ‌had about 51.7 million average monthly active users of its WhatsApp Channels ‌in the European Union in the first six months of 2025, above the 45-million-user threshold set out in the Digital Services Act (DSA).