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TikTok and Meta Take Aim at the EU's Content Moderation Laws
- Tech firms are first to file EU court appeals against DSA fees
- Meta, TikTok challenge EU’s methods of calculating the charges
TikTok took the European Commission to court on Feb. 6.
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TikTok and Meta Platforms Inc. are attacking European Union regulators in court for slapping them with larger fees than rivals to enforce the bloc’s new content moderation rules.
ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok took the European Commission to court on Feb. 6 and Meta filed its challenge a day earlier, filings show. Both companies are attacking the EU’s method of calculating these charges, saying they’ll end up paying a much larger share than other tech giants who might even have a bigger user base.