Meta launches legal challenge against UK media regulator over Online Safety Act

Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. A spokesperson said the company was ‘challenging specific aspects of implementation’. Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. A spokesperson said the company was ‘challenging specific aspects of implementation’. Ofcom Meta launches legal challenge against UK media regulator over Online Safety Act Action against Ofcom comes as social media companies are being accused of using courts to slow down implementation

Prefer the Guardian on Google Meta has launched a fresh legal challenge against Britain’s media regulator in the latest of a slew of actions by social media companies who are accused of using the courts to slow down implementation of the Online Safety Act.

Lawyers for the parent company of Facebook served notice during the week in an appeal against placing WhatsApp and Instagram , which are also owned by Meta, in a category that subjects them to additional duties.