High Court dismisses challenges to Ireland's media watchdog by Reddit and Tumblr

Both companies claimed that they should not have been included on the list of video-sharing platforms to be regulated under a new online safety code

In its judicial review action, Reddit Incorporated asked the court to quash An Coimisiún's December 2023 decision to designate Reddit as a named video-sharing platform service.

The High Court has dismissed separate challenges by Reddit and Tumblr against An Coimisiún na Meán's (Media Commission) decisions to include them in a list of video-sharing platforms to be regulated under a new online safety code.

Ms Justice Siobhan Phelan in her judgments refused to set aside and rejected all of the media companies' arguments against An Coimisiún na Meán's decisions.