{"id":25288,"date":"2026-10-06T10:37:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T08:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/06\/ofcom-investigates-meta-over-instagram-instants-safety-checks\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T10:37:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T08:37:43","slug":"ofcom-investigates-meta-over-instagram-instants-safety-checks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/06\/ofcom-investigates-meta-over-instagram-instants-safety-checks\/","title":{"rendered":"Ofcom investigates Meta over Instagram Instants safety checks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Watchdog examining whether company carried out adequate risk assessment as required by Online Safety Act<\/p>\n<p>Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s Meta is under investigation for a potential breach of the UK\u2019s digital safety laws after launching a Snapchat-style feature on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>The UK\u2019s communications watchdog, Ofcom, is investigating whether the $1.9tn (\u00a31.4tn) company infringed the Online Safety Act (OSA) by failing to carry out adequate checks on whether its Instagram Instants product could show illegal content or be accessed by children.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/oct\/06\/ofcom-investigates-meta-instagram-instants-safety-checks\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/85935c968a4f64d74abcb732c47cf1354f814039\/351_0_2525_2019\/master\/2525.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=ba266899e6a2161248b7301d24e62b93\" title=\"Ofcom investigates Meta over Instagram Instants safety checks\" \/>Watchdog examining whether company carried out adequate risk assessment as required by Online Safety Act<br \/>\nMark Zuckerberg\u2019s Meta is under investigation for a potential breach of the UK\u2019s digital safety laws after launching a Snapchat-style feature on Instagram.<br \/>\nThe UK\u2019s communications watchdog, Ofcom, is investigating whether the $1.9tn (\u00a31.4tn) company infringed the Online Safety Act (OSA) by failing to carry out adequate checks on whether its Instagram Instants product could show illegal content or be accessed by children. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watchdog examining whether company carried out adequate risk assessment as required by Online Safety Act Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s Meta is under investigation for a potential breach of the UK\u2019s digital safety laws after launching a Snapchat-style feature on Instagram. The UK\u2019s communications watchdog, Ofcom, is investigating whether the $1.9tn (\u00a31.4tn) company infringed the Online Safety Act &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/06\/ofcom-investigates-meta-over-instagram-instants-safety-checks\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ofcom investigates Meta over Instagram Instants safety checks<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":25289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25288"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}