EU Targets ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox. Why Was Anthropic's Claude Left Out?
The European Commission on Monday placed ChatGPT in the strictest tier of the Digital Services Act (DSA), the European Union's rulebook for online platforms. Anthropic's Claude was left out.
Regulators classed ChatGPT as a Very Large Online Search Engine, with Reddit and Roblox named Very Large Online Platforms. Claude escaped because its declared European user base sits below the legal cut-off.
Why the DSA Designation Turns on Raw User Counts
Designation is a size test, not a safety verdict. The trigger is 45 million average monthly users in the European Union, and companies declare their own figures before the Commission acts.
ChatGPT's search function reported 159.1 million, roughly 3.5 times the threshold. Reddit declared 57.2 million. Roblox cleared the bar by 1.6 million, the narrowest margin of the three.
The meter runs both ways. The Commission stripped Stripchat of its designation in May 2025, after the adult platform's audience fell back under the line.
"โฆwill not hesitate to designate any platform that meets the threshold for enhanced supervision under the Digital Services Act," said Henna Virkkunen, the European Union's Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy.
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