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Waze might be designated as a Very Large Online Platform by EU Commission

By Júlia Tar ( March 10, 2026, 08:50 GMT | Insight) -- The Google-owned navigation service, Waze, could be designated a “Very Large Online Platform” under the EU’s Digital Services Act after reporting user numbers above the legal threshold, a move confirmed to be under discussion by both the European Commission and Google. The company opposes a potential future designation because it does not consider Waze to qualify as an online platform under the law.Waze might be designated as a “Very Large Online Platform” under the EU’s Digital Services Act, or DSA, after its latest transparency reports showed the Google-owned navigation service is above the law’s user threshold. Google, however, disagrees with a potential future designation....

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