Ofcom Meta Investigation Targets Instagram Instants

Britain’s communications regulator has opened its first formal investigation into Meta under the country’s Online Safety Act, examining whether the company carried out adequate safety checks before launching Instagram’s disappearing-content feature, Instants. Ofcom said Tuesday that it is investigating whether Meta completed suitable and sufficient risk assessments for illegal content and risks to children before introducing Instants in May. The probe puts a new focus on how technology companies