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UK online safety regulator defends move to keep engagement with Big Tech secret

By Patricia Figueiredo ( February 26, 2026, 14:58 GMT | Insight) -- The UK's online safety regulator has defended in court its decision to keep secret details of meetings and exchanges with Meta, Google, X and TikTok, as campaigners argued it is stretching the law to block public scrutiny. The dispute centers on how a section of the Communications Act should be read, with the tribunal’s ruling set to clarify how transparent the regulator must be.The UK online safety regulator defended its right to withhold information on its engagement with Big Tech to a London court Thursday....

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