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UK Regulator Probes Meta's Instagram Instants, 1st Under Online Safety Act
Meta said it took its regulatory obligations under the Online Safety Act seriously.
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Meta said it took its regulatory obligations under the Online Safety Act seriously.
O órgão regulador britânico de mídia, Ofcom, anunciou nesta terça-feira (6) a abertura de uma investigação contra a Meta , suspeita de ter infringido a lei de segurança on-line ao não avaliar "os riscos apresentados" pelo recurso " Instagram Instants" antes de seu lançamento. Leia mais (10/06/2026…
Ofcom has opened a formal investigation into Meta over Instagram’s Instants feature, the UK regulator said on Tuesday. It will check whether Meta broke the Online Safety Act by failing to assess the feature’s risks before launch. Meta launched Instants in May. The feature lets Instagram users share…
Watchdog examining whether company carried out adequate risk assessment as required by Online Safety Act Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is under investigation for a potential breach of the UK’s digital safety laws after launching a Snapchat-style feature on Instagram. The UK’s communications watchdog…
Reuters : The UK's Ofcom opens an OSA probe into Meta over Instagram Instants, launched in May; Meta says it “briefed Ofcom about this feature on a number of occasions” — Britain's communications regulator said on Tuesday it has opened an investigation into whether Meta Platforms (META.O) …
Instants allows content shared by users in social media platform Instagram to disappear after being viewed.
The regulator said Instagram had not fully assessed risks posed by its Instants feature prior to launching it.