Recital 11

Building upon definitions covering the digital environment, this Regulation should apply to certain information society services as defined in Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council, that is, any service normally provided for remuneration, at a distance, by electronic means and at the individual request of a recipient. Specifically, this Regulation should apply to providers of online social networking services and of video-sharing platform services. This Regulation should also apply to certain AI systems within the meaning of Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 that are accessible to minors and that qualify as AI companions or general conversational chatbots. In addition, this Regulation should apply to providers of operating systems as defined in Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, as well as to providers of software application stores as defined in Regulation 2022/1925, which is a type of online intermediation service focused on software applications as the intermediated product or service. For the avoidance of doubt, this Regulation applies also to those online social networking services, video-sharing platforms, and software application stores that are designated as very large online platforms pursuant to Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065.