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Stripchat urges EU court to annul 2023 DSA designation on basis of new data

By Sara Brandstätter ( November 13, 2025, 15:42 GMT | Insight) -- Porn site Stripchat's operator asked EU judges on Thursday to annul a 2023 designation as a "very large online platform" under the Digital Services Act — despite the European Commission having revoked the status earlier this year. It argued that new user numbers data show it should have never been put into the content-moderation law's highest category. The challenge is one of several pending, and also comes amid ongoing DSA probes into four adult websites, including Stripchat.Technius, the operator of pornography streaming site Stripchat, asked EU judges on Thursday to annul a European Commission decision in 2023 to designate it as a "very large online platform," or VLOP, under its Digital Services Act (see here)....

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