Meta, TikTok fault EU’s DSA user-counting system as ECJ hears fee dispute
By Sara Brandstätter ( November 12, 2026, 13:35 GMT | Insight) -- Meta Platforms and ByteDance’s TikTok on Thursday urged the EU’s highest court to uphold judgments annulling decisions setting their Digital Services Act supervisory fees, with Meta’s lawyer warning that the European Commission risked “comparing apples with pears” when counting users. In a technical EU Court of Justice appeal hearing, the commission defended its approach to audience figures, which help determine each company's level of fees.Meta Platforms and ByteDance’s TikTok have urged the EU’s highest court to uphold lower-court judgments annulling European Commission decisions that set their Digital Services Act supervisory fees, arguing that the regulator hadn’t properly established the rules for counting users....
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