X challenges media watchdog over handling of information from user complaints

Comisiún na Meán employing ‘semantic trick’, High Court told

X submits that the commission could not legally refer information garnered from complaints to the commission's platform supervision team if those complaints are already concluded, undetermined or if information contained in specific complaints can be used for broader, future systemic investigations. Picture: Jonathan Brady/PA

Social media giant X, formerly known as Twitter, has taken a High Court challenge against Ireland's media watchdog, Comisiún na Meán, questioning the lawfulness of how the commission investigates and handles information arising from user complaints regarding Elon Musk's company.

At the High Court on Wednesday, X's lawyers applied for a stay relating to the commission's October 2025 decision to pass information relating to complaints to the commission's internal 'supervisory' team for possible future investigation, regarding the internal user-complaints system at X.