In a report published today by
Bloomberg, European Union regulators are considering launching an investigation into the messaging platform Telegram due to reports of it being used for illegal and harmful content, as well as how it defines the number of users it has under the
Digital Services Act (DSA).
The European Commission has opened talks with Telegram primarily focused on the number of users who are based within the EU, and how to define the platform. The DSA has an additional, stricter set of requirements to follow for "
very large online platforms," which are defined as having more than 45 million active users, [...]
