Meta challenges Ofcom’s fine maths in court, Courthouse News reports
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Meta pushing back on Ofcom’s use of worldwide revenue for UK online safety fees is a fight over the reference number regulators can tax. Any platform or large online business should model scenarios where a single jurisdiction pegs compliance costs to global, not local, revenue—it changes the ceiling on exposure.
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