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UK High Court rejects Meta, TikTok and X challenge to Ofcom data demands

London's High Court sided with Ofcom in one of the first major tests of the 2023 Online Safety Act's information-gathering powers.

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What to know

  • London's High Court rejected Meta, TikTok and X's challenge to Ofcom's February information notices under the 2023 Online Safety Act.
  • The ruling is one of the first major legal tests of the Act's enforcement powers, backed by fines of up to 10% of global turnover.
  • A separate, potentially more consequential case over how Ofcom calculates Meta's fees and fines remains pending.
  • Meta is also contesting WhatsApp's categorisation under the regime and is already subject to Ofcom's first formal investigation under the Act.

Ofcom UK communications and online safety regulatorMeta Owner of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp; co-challengerTikTok Co-challenger against Ofcom's noticeX Co-challenger against Ofcom's noticeLondon's High Court Court that ruled on the challenge

UK High Court rejects Meta, TikTok and X challenge to Ofcom data demands
Jerusalem Post

How it unfolded 2 developments, newest first · click a bar or a number to jump articlesposts

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    Coverage notes separate, pending Meta case on Ofcom fees

    Reports flagged that a potentially more significant ruling on Meta's separate challenge over how Ofcom calculates fees and fines is still awaited, alongside Meta's dispute over WhatsApp's categorisation and its status as subject of Ofcom's first formal investigation under the Act.

    “London's High Court ruled for Ofcom against Meta, TikTok and X.”
    — @osint613, Social media poster · source
    1. 14 outlets Meta, Tiktok, X lose legal challenge against UK regulator Ofcom over online safety demands

      first by Jerusalem Post, 12d ago · also The 420.in, TradingView, Straits Times, Seeking Alpha, Storyboard18, City AM +7

      11 more headlines

    • London's High Court ruled for Ofcom against Meta, TikTok and X. Ofcom's February information notices, issued under the 2023 Online Safety Act, demanded data on posts removed, posts with restricted visibility, and users who saw harmful material. The companies called the demands unprecedented and o...

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    • High Court has thrown out tech giants' challenges to OFCOM information notices. Short point is that Meta, WhatsApp, X and TikTok threw the legal kitchen sink - and missed (one of TikTok's arguments rejected as relying on

      @terrorwatchdogX12d agoview on X ↗
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    TikTok and X respond; X cites multimillion-pound cost

    TikTok said it is considering the judgment, while X did not immediately comment on the ruling but had earlier called the notice its most burdensome regulatory request, estimating it would cost millions of pounds.

    “the most burdensome information request X has received from any regulator…”
    — X
  3. background

    Meta says it is 'disappointed' with the ruling — A Meta spokesperson said the company and others in industry pursued the challenge because the scale of information-gathering goes beyond what is necessary or proportionate.

  4. background

    High Court dismisses platforms' legal challenge to Ofcom notices — London's High Court rejected arguments from Meta, TikTok and X that the information requests were disproportionate, in one of the first tests of the Online Safety Act regime.

  5. background

    Ofcom issues information notices to Meta, TikTok and X — Ofcom requested detailed content moderation metrics, including data on posts removed or restricted and users exposed to harmful content, under the 2023 Online Safety Act.

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