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Meta, TikTok and X challenge Ofcom over online safety data, Reuters reports

Meta, TikTok and X are challenging Ofcom in court over its data demands under the UK’s Online Safety Act, Reuters reported on Monday. The challenge is one of the first brought under the 2023 law.

In February, Ofcom sent the companies information notices, according to Paul Sandle’s report for Reuters. The notices asked for detailed content moderation figures, such as how many posts the platforms removed or made less visible. They also asked how many users had seen harmful content.

The Online Safety Act sets tougher standards for platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and X. It aims to protect children from harmful and illegal content. Ofcom can fine companies up to 10% of their global turnover for the most serious breaches.

‘The most burdensome’ request

The three companies say the notices create an unprecedented regulatory burden, Reuters reported. A witness statement submitted by X called the notice:

“The most...

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FBI seizes websites supporting Chinese contractor’s hacking operations

ByDavid DiMolfetta, Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW October 8, 2026 02:34 PM ET U.S. agencies targeted tools used to find security weaknesses and break into networks, warning of threats to critical infrastructure. * Cyber Threats * International * CISA * Justice * FBI The Justice Department and FBI seized six internet domains supporting a

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Pay-per-inference for AI agents: How BlockRun and Incarna use Amazon Bedrock AgentCore payments | Amazon Web Services

When an AI agent runs, it often needs to buy something to finish a task: a model inference, an API response, access web content, or a call to another agent. These purchases are small and frequent, sometimes a fraction of a cent each, and they happen inside the agent’s

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Legora CEO says software sovereignty is an excuse not to compete globally

Legora co-founder and chief executive Max Junestrand says calls for European sovereignty in software are an excuse for companies that are not bold enough to go global. He spoke at Wave by Vento in Turin on Thursday. “I think sovereignty in enterprise applications, or sovereignty in consumer apps, or sovereignty

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Oracle moves gas by trucks to keep its AI data centres on schedule

Oracle is trucking compressed natural gas to AI data centres that cannot yet connect to a pipeline, at roughly four times the price of gas at a hub. Europe has the same grid bottleneck and is answering it the other way, with Spain proposing to refuse connections to any data

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