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Amazon urges EU judges to scrap 'arbitrary' Digital Services Act designation (update*)

By Sara Brandstätter ( June 12, 2025, 12:32 GMT | Insight) -- Amazon called on EU judges today to annul the designation of its online marketplace as a “very large online platform” under the EU's Digital Services Act, arguing that it doesn't pose any systemic risk to its users. The European Commission, which issued the VLOP designation in 2023, countered at the EU General Court this morning that Amazon Store has a reach large enough to mandate the highest DSA obligations.Amazon told EU judges today that it was wrongly classed as a "very large online platform," or VLOP, under the EU’s Digital Services Act and should see the designation scrapped....

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