WhatsApp is now a very large platform in the European Union, and will face a tougher organization

WhatsApp of Meta now collected enough users to be appointed a large online platform (VLOP) under the UEFA Digital Services Law (DSA), and opened it to tougher regulations in the region, Reports Bloomberg.

DSA sets a VLOP case for any online service with more than 45 million usersand European Commissioner Thomas Regney, a WhatsApp threshold last year Bloomberg. in February 14The company said it recorded an average “about 46.8 million” monthly users of WhatsApp, WhatsApp’s channels Broadcast featureOver the past six months of 2024. In the update of February 16 to Its privacy policyWhatsApp also added new information about processing its data “in line with our organizational obligations under DSA.”

Corporation as vlops required To give users ways to report goods, services or illegal content, and provide ways to prevent or remove these publications. DSA also puts narrow controls on the information that companies can use for the target advertisement and heavier restrictions on targeted ads for children. Europeans who use VLOPS are entitled to control how their data is used and should be given the ability to cancel participation in things such as recommendations and description systems.

Meta’s Facebook and Instagram is already Vlops in the European Union.