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title: "Meta, TikTok, and X challenge UK watchdog over online safety data demands"
description: "Most outlets led with the legal challenge by Meta, TikTok, and X against the UK’s Ofcom over data demands under the Online Safety Act. The News International framed the conflict as a \"high-stakes legal showdown,\" while ARY News briefly mentioned the potential fines of up to 10% of a company's revenue as part of the regulatory regime."
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# Meta, TikTok, and X challenge UK watchdog over online safety data demands

technology · updated 6 Oct 2026, 6:08 PM PKT · 5–6 Oct 2026 · 3 articles from 3 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 3 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets led with the legal challenge by Meta, TikTok, and X against the UK’s Ofcom over data demands under the Online Safety Act. The News International framed the conflict as a "high-stakes legal showdown," while ARY News briefly mentioned the potential fines of up to 10% of a company's revenue as part of the regulatory regime.

## Same story from 3 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Abb Takk News** — [Meta, TikTok and X contest Ofcom’s data requests under UK online safety law](https://abbtakk.tv/meta-tiktok-and-x-contest-ofcoms-data-requests-under-uk-online-safety-law/) · 6 Oct 2026, 6:08 PM PKT
  > LONDON: Meta, TikTok and X are disputing the scale of information requested by UK regulator Ofcom as it implements the country’s Online Safety Act, according to court filings. The law, passed in 2023, requires platforms including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and X to take stronger action against illegal and harmful content,...
- **The News International** — [Meta, TikTok and X challenge UK watchdog over safety data: What to know](https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1418874-meta-tiktok-and-x-challenge-uk-watchdog-over-safety-data-what-to-know) · 5 Oct 2026, 11:59 PM PKT · 90% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Meta, TikTok, and X have locked horns with British media regulator Ofcom in a high-stakes legal showdown concerning sweeping data demands issued under the UK’s landmark Online Safety Act. The legal battle centers on information notices sent by Ofcom that require platforms to disclose...
- **ARY News (English)** — [Meta, TikTok, X challenge UK watchdog over online safety data demands](https://arynews.tv/meta-tiktok-x-challenge-uk-watchdog-over-online-safety-data-demands) · 5 Oct 2026, 11:39 PM PKT · 82% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Ofcom has been gradually implementing ​the regime, with its requirements backed up by the threat ⁠of fines of up to 10% of a company's..

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