In 2024, German authorities actioned the largest amount of illegal content hosted on WhatsApp across its in-app feature Channels, WhatsApp Business, and its classic Messenger app. Germany conducted 18 actions against illegal content hosted on WhatsApp Messenger in the last examined year, as well as two actions against content on WhatsApp Business, and two actions against content hosted on WhatsApp Channels. Overall, few countries in the EU pushed legal action against content found on WhatsApp.
Actions taken against illegal content hosted on WhatsApp in the European Union 2024, by country
According to the source, Meta released the report "under Articles 15 and 24 of the European Union’s Digital Services Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/2065) (‘DSA’). This report compiles responses for WhatsApp Messenger App (“WhatsApp Messenger”), WhatsApp Channels (“Channels”), and the WhatsApp Business App (“Business App”)."
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