Meta takes Ofcom to the High Court over how the UK calculates Online Safety Act bills
The first invoices arrive in September. Meta wants the basis changed before they do.
Meta has filed a judicial review against Ofcom over the way the regulator calculates fees and penalties under the UK’s Online Safety Act, the High Court was told on Thursday.
The dispute is narrow on its surface and substantial underneath. Ofcom’s methodology bills platforms based on what it calls qualifying worldwide revenue, the global income tied to a regulated service rather than just the UK slice.
Fines work the same way and can reach 10% of that worldwide figure. Meta’s position, restated outside court, is that any levy should reflect the country in which the service is regulated.
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