Meta本周向伦敦高等法院提出申请，要求限制Ofcom如何计算在线安全费用和最高罚款，Courthouse News报道称。听证会在周三晚些时候结束，此前进行了一天半的辩论。此案涉及Ofcom使用全球收入进行计算，而非具体罚款金额。
Meta asked the High Court in London this week to limit how Ofcom calculates online safety fees and maximum fines, Courthouse News reported. The hearing ended late on Wednesday after a day and a half of arguments. It is about Ofcom’s use of worldwide revenue, not a specific fine.
《在线安全法》允许Ofcom对公司处以其符合条件的全球收入的10%或1800万英镑的罚款，以较高者为准。Ofcom还通过基于公司收入的费用来收回运行该监管制度的成本。Meta今年早些时候曾就此计算方式将Ofcom告上法庭。
The Online Safety Act lets Ofcom fine a company up to 10% of its qualifying worldwide revenue or £18m, whichever is greater. Ofcom also recovers the cost of running the regime through fees based on companies’ revenue. Meta took Ofcom to court over the calculation earlier this year.
Meta的论点Meta认为，Ofcom在定义符合条件的全球收入时过于宽泛地解读了其职权。它还质疑Ofcom在多项由同一公司拥有的服务被共同承担责任时如何计算罚款。
Meta’s case Meta argues that Ofcom read its powers too broadly when it defined qualifying worldwide revenue. It also challenges how Ofcom calculates fines when several services owned by one company are held jointly liable.
在法庭文件中，Meta的律师莫尼卡·卡斯-弗里斯克（Monica Carss-Frisk）称Ofcom的做法“令人担忧”。她表示，这可能导致“Meta等公司承担Ofcom成本的绝大部分”，尽管该法律涵盖英国许多互联网服务。
In court documents, Meta’s lawyer Monica Carss-Frisk called Ofcom’s approach “troubling”. She said it could lead to “companies such as Meta bearing the vast majority of Ofcom’s costs”, although the law covers many internet services in the UK.
Meta表示，其致力于与Ofcom合作。公司主张，费用和罚款应反映其在运营国家所受监管的服务，英国本土的计算方式仍能让Ofcom施加可观的处罚。
Meta said it was committed to cooperating with Ofcom. Fees and penalties should reflect the services regulated in the countries where they operate, the company argues. A UK-based calculation would still let Ofcom impose substantial penalties, it said.
Ofcom的回应Ofcom表示Meta的说法不正确，并且其做法“取得了谨慎的平衡”。监管机构在法庭文件中称，这些规则设定了可能的最高罚款，而非实际施加的罚款金额。其律师称Meta对Ofcom专业性的质疑“荒唐可笑”。
Ofcom’s reply Ofcom says Meta is incorrect and that it “struck a careful balance”. The rules set the maximum possible fine, not the amount imposed, the regulator said in court filings. Its lawyer called Meta’s challenge to Ofcom’s expertise “outlandish”.
法庭外，一位Ofcom发言人表示，该监管机构将捍卫其推理和决定。
Outside court, an Ofcom spokesperson said the regulator would defend its reasoning and decisions.
儿童权益组织5Rights基金会已获准在Ofcom一方介入此案。
5Rights Foundation, a children’s rights group, has permission to intervene on Ofcom’s side.
“《在线安全法》不能是纸老虎。议会制定它的初衷是提供强有力的威慑。” 5Rights 基金会执行董事 Leanda Barrington-Leach 表示。一位专家称 Meta 面临的最大挑战难以持续，埃塞克斯大学媒体法高级讲师 Alexandros Antoniou 对 Courthouse News 说。
“The Online Safety Act cannot be a paper tiger. Parliament intended it to provide a strong deterrent.”Leanda Barrington-Leach, executive director of 5Rights Foundation What an expert said Meta’s broadest challenge would be hard to sustain, Alexandros Antoniou, a senior lecturer in media law at the University of Essex, told Courthouse News.
“议会给了 Ofcom 一把长卷尺。” Alexandros Antoniou，埃塞克斯大学，对 Courthouse News 表示。但 Antoniou 表示，Meta 在 Ofcom 如何界定其可计算的收入方面有案可依。
“Parliament gave Ofcom a long measuring tape.”Alexandros Antoniou, University of Essex, to Courthouse News But Antoniou said Meta has a case on how Ofcom defines the revenue it can count.
Meta 最近与 TikTok 和 X 一起，就 Ofcom 能要求多少信息提出了单独的挑战。Ofcom 也在调查 Instagram Instants。费用案的判决预计将在稍后作出。
Meta recently joined TikTok and X in a separate challenge over how much information Ofcom can demand. Ofcom is also investigating Instagram Instants. A judgment in the fees case is expected later.