Digital Services Act (DSA), Regulation (EU) 2022/2065

The DSA imposes EU-wide obligations on intermediary and hosting services, with baseline rules (transparency reporting, statements of reasons, notice-and-action, and a single point of contact) becoming fully applicable on February 17, 2024. Reddit complied with these baseline obligations and published DSA transparency reporting and EU user-number disclosures. Reddit's reported EU monthly active recipients exceeded the 45 million threshold that can trigger a Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) designation, though designation itself is not automatic and requires a formal European Commission decision. On August 31, 2026, the Commission made that decision and designated Reddit a VLOP, bringing it under the DSA's enhanced duties such as systemic-risk assessments and independent audits (see the separate VLOP-designation entry for details). Before that date, this was a compliance and regulatory-status situation rather than an enforcement action or fine against Reddit.