Reddit challenge to online safety code designation to be heard in May

Reddit Inc claims it does not meet the definition of a video-sharing platform under the relevant EU Audio Visual and Media Services (AVMS) directive.

The judge granted leave to Andrew Fitzpatrick SC, for Reddit Incorporated, to bring judicial review proceedings against the media regulator, Comimisiún na Meán.

The High Court has set two days in May for the hearing of a challenge by Reddit against a decision to include the chat forum host in a list of video-sharing platforms to be regulated under a new online safety code.

Ms Justice Niamh Hyland said she accepted that the case, one of a number being brought by media companies over the new code, is urgent.