On November 19, 2025, the General Court of the European Union dismissed Amazon's request to revoke its designation as a 'very large online platform,' a status that requires Amazon to comply with stricter requirements under EU digital content rules. Amazon argued that its marketplace platform did not pose systemic risks, but the EU's second-highest court stated that the classification of very large online platforms with over 45 million monthly active users as sources of societal risk was correct.
