Social media giant X fails in court challenge against Irish media regulator over Online Safety Code

X wanted the court to quash Coimisiún na Meán's decision from last October to adopt certain sections of the Online Safety Code, which applies binding rules to video-sharing platforms headquartered in Ireland

Last week, Coimisiún na Meán wrote to X to express its concerns it had not adopted measures to verify the ages of users to allow them to watch pornography on the platform. Picture: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images

Ireland’s media regulator has successfully defended a High Court challenge from social media giant X over its new Online Safety Code.

The judgment of Mr Justice Conleth Bradley was delivered on Tuesday in the judicial review taken by X, formerly Twitter, against Coimisiún na Meán over the code, which fully took effect last week.