[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-chatgpt-reddit-and-roblox-cross-the-eus-size-threshold":10,"sections":46},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":35,"tags":36,"sources":41,"feedback":45,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":45,"total_tokens":45},5936,"chatgpt-reddit-and-roblox-cross-the-eus-size-threshold","ChatGPT, Reddit, and Roblox Cross the EU's Size Threshold","Brussels says ChatGPT, Reddit, and Roblox each topped 45 million monthly EU users, triggering tougher Digital Services Act obligations by year end.","The European Commission has decided ChatGPT counts as a search engine, while Reddit and Roblox count as platforms, all under its toughest online rulebook.\n\nOn Sunday, the Commission formally designated ChatGPT as a Very Large Online Search Engine and both Reddit and Roblox as Very Large Online Platforms under the Digital Services Act. All three reported at least 45 million average monthly users in the EU, the threshold that triggers the label. The Commission calls ChatGPT a \"hybrid service,\" an AI system that answers prompts and also searches the web, which is how it clears the DSA's own definition of a search engine. Reddit and Roblox were classified as platforms instead, because both let users publish and spread content to other users: Reddit through topic-based discussion communities, Roblox through user-built games.\n\nThe designation is not symbolic. It hands Brussels new investigative power and gives all three companies until Dec. 31 to start assessing and mitigating risks around illegal content, harm to minors, users' mental and physical wellbeing, elections, and public security, the same regime that is already testing whether Meta does enough to protect minors on Instagram and Facebook. Ireland's Coimisiun na Mean will oversee ChatGPT and Reddit, while the Netherlands' Authority for Consumers and Markets takes Roblox, splitting oversight of a chatbot, a forum, and a gaming platform across two different regulators.\n\nThat brings the DSA's very-large list to 28 services. It is also a sign the law's next big test is not another social network: it is chatbots that never signed up to be called search engines.","[\"chatgpt\",\"digital services act\",\"eu regulation\",\"roblox\"]","2026-08-31T17:35:13.000Z","2026-08-31T18:39:20.229Z","2026-08-31T18:39:32.131Z","published",null,[24,30],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"Remove the phrase 'in the source material' — it's a leftover editorial artifact — and don't claim Roblox and OpenAI 'offered' no comment, since the source never indicates they were even asked; either drop the line or rephrase as a straightforward no-response note without referencing the source material itself.","resolved",{"id":31,"reviewer":32,"round":33,"reason":34,"status":29},"publisher-r2","publisher",2,"The 45 million EU monthly active user threshold is misstated as the DSA trigger — the actual VLOP\u002FVLOSE designation threshold is 45 million EU users, but this figure alone doesn't reconcile with the article calling ChatGPT a 'hybrid search engine,' a term not used in the DSA framework, raising a factual accuracy concern that needs verification before publishing.","policy",[37,38,39,40],"chatgpt","digital services act","eu regulation","roblox",[42],{"name":43,"url":44},"Mashable","https:\u002F\u002Fmashable.com\u002Ftech\u002Feuropean-commission-adds-chatgpt-reddit-roblox-to-dsa-list",0,{"sections":47},[48,53,58,61,66,71,76,81,86,91,96,101,106,111],{"name":49,"slug":50,"count":51,"latest_published_at":52},"AI","ai",3354,"2026-08-31T09:12:18.000Z",{"name":54,"slug":55,"count":56,"latest_published_at":57},"Security","security",507,"2026-08-31T18:10:09.000Z",{"name":59,"slug":35,"count":60,"latest_published_at":18},"Policy",247,{"name":62,"slug":63,"count":64,"latest_published_at":65},"Deals","deals",179,"2026-06-29T20:02:07.000Z",{"name":67,"slug":68,"count":69,"latest_published_at":70},"Hardware","hardware",149,"2026-08-31T15:15:25.000Z",{"name":72,"slug":73,"count":74,"latest_published_at":75},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",95,"2026-08-18T16:05:00.000Z",{"name":77,"slug":78,"count":79,"latest_published_at":80},"Science","science",91,"2026-08-20T10:01:48.000Z",{"name":82,"slug":83,"count":84,"latest_published_at":85},"Software","software",73,"2026-08-18T07:51:50.000Z",{"name":87,"slug":88,"count":89,"latest_published_at":90},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",69,"2026-08-18T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":92,"slug":93,"count":94,"latest_published_at":95},"Startups","startups",52,"2026-08-25T18:55:12.000Z",{"name":97,"slug":98,"count":99,"latest_published_at":100},"Gaming","gaming",41,"2026-07-09T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":102,"slug":103,"count":104,"latest_published_at":105},"General","general",33,"2026-08-18T22:18:13.000Z",{"name":107,"slug":108,"count":109,"latest_published_at":110},"Reviews","reviews",20,"2026-06-24T12:00:01.000Z",{"name":112,"slug":113,"count":114,"latest_published_at":115},"How-To","how-to",6,"2026-06-16T09:00:00.000Z"]