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X loses legal challenge to Irish Online Safety Code

By Júlia Tar and Patricia Figueiredo ( July 29, 2025, 15:24 GMT | Insight) -- X has lost its legal challenge to Ireland’s Online Safety Code, after the High Court upheld the media regulator’s authority to impose stricter platform rules, finding them consistent with both the EU’s Digital Services Act and the bloc's Audiovisual Media Services Directive. The court rejected X's argument that the Code overstepped EU law. The ruling was delivered electronically today, but the official version has not yet been published.Social media platform X has lost its legal challenge to Ireland’s Online Safety Code, after the Irish High Court dismissed the case today and upheld the national media regulator’s authority to impose stricter online safety rules....

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