ChatGPT and Reddit now face EU's toughest online safety rules
Ars Technica Barbara Moens, Financial Times ● Covered by 4 sources
ChatGPT is now under the EU’s toughest online safety rules. That means more content takedowns, child protections, and fines if OpenAI slips.
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT is about to be treated like one of the EU’s biggest online platforms, and that brings real obligations with it. On Monday, the European Commission said the chatbot will have to follow tougher rules under the Digital Services Act, the bloc’s main online safety law.
The move comes as Brussels tries to fit fast-moving AI services into rules built for the internet’s older giants. Alongside ChatGPT, the Commission also put Reddit and Roblox into the category of very large online platforms.
That label matters. It means the services must do more to remove illegal content and take extra steps to protect the privacy and security of minors. If they do not comply, the penalty can reach up to 6 percent of global revenue.
The Commission’s decision shows the EU is not waiting for AI companies to sort out moderation on their own. It is starting from the bluntest possible premise: if a service is big enough and public enough, it gets treated like a major platform, not a clever experiment.
My take — AI-written commentary, not fact-checked reporting
This is the EU doing what it does best: taking a messy new technology and handing it a clipboard. The market loves to call everything “AI” and pretend the old rules vanished; Brussels clearly doesn’t buy that trick, and frankly it shouldn’t.
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