EU regulation tightens around ChatGPT and Roblox
ChatGPT and Roblox are being placed under the EU's strictest DSA rules for platforms. The requirements include transparency reports, risk mitigation plans, and an annual fee to the European Commission. Fines top out at 6% of global annual revenue. Commenters are split: one argued 6% is nowhere near enough to change behavior for a company the size of OpenAI, suggesting 30-40% would be needed to actually matter. Another called the whole framework a shakedown and called the EU 'quickly becoming the least business-friendly region.'
The Google age-check expansion thread runs parallel. Google is rolling out mandatory age verification on Android worldwide by end of year. Commenters are skeptical about implementation: what data is collected, how is it verified, and who can be trusted with it. The underlying worry is that age checks are a vector for identity data collection, not a genuine child safety tool.
Both threads reflect the same pressure: platforms are being forced to build compliance infrastructure that is expensive, technically awkward, and potentially counterproductive if implemented carelessly.
So what?
If your product operates in the EU or collects any data from potentially minor users, both the DSA designation process and the Android age-check rollout create real engineering and legal work. The DSA 6% fine is real even if commenters think it is too low. Get your transparency reporting infrastructure in place before a regulator asks for it.