Overview
- Multiple outlets report that the European Commission is preparing to designate OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Roblox as Very Large Online Platforms, with an announcement possible as soon as August 2026.
- The DSA’s numerical trigger for that label is 45 million monthly users in the EU, a threshold both services have passed according to reporting.
- A VLOP designation would require independent audits, public transparency reports, formal risk‑mitigation plans, a non‑profiling recommender option, a point of contact for authorities, and giving vetted researchers access to platform data.
- If formally listed, each platform would have a short compliance window to implement changes and could face fines up to 6% of worldwide annual turnover for breaches, building on past DSA enforcement including fines for X and Alibaba.
- The reporting rests on anonymous sources and the Commission and companies have not confirmed the move, but the likely designation focuses enforcement on content moderation and child safety and could change how users, parents and advertisers experience both services.