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Bluesky breaching rules around disclosure of information, says EU (www.ft.com)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 60 points 2 months ago (10 children)

[Bluesky] is in breach of EU regulations for not disclosing key details about the group [...] “All platforms in the EU . . . have to have a dedicated page on their website where it says how many users they have in the EU and where they are legally established,”

The commission cannot regulate Bluesky directly as it does not yet reach the threshold of more than 45mn monthly users in the EU to be designated a very large online platform.

So, basically: it isn't there yet because it isn't necessary yet.

...as suspicious as I am of Bluesky, the title of the article is kind of misleading.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (4 children)

That's not correct. The FT has not explained this clearly.

If an online platform has more than 45 million monthly users (~10% of EU population) then it is classified as a Very Large Online Platform. In that case, the Commission can directly make rules for it.

If it has fewer users, then it is still regulated by the Digital Services Act (DSA). The DSA claims jurisdiction over all platforms that have users in the EU. Among other things, they need to have a representative in the EU (IIUC). FWIW I'm pretty sure that lemmy is not compliant either.

DSA: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32022R2065&qid=1732567528372

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think you need to not be a small enterprise to fall under those rules.

You'd need more than 50 employees or EUR 10m in turnover. Each Lemmy server would likely count individually.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Micro and small enterprises are excepted from some rules but far from all.

I think that lemmy servers would count individually, as well, but it is not guaranteed. In any case, that comes with its own problems.

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