Dutch court upholds ruling forcing Meta to offer chronological feeds
The logo of Meta is seen at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, June 11, 2025. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
AMSTERDAM: A Dutch appeals court on Tuesday (Mar 10) upheld an October ruling requiring Meta Platforms to let Facebook and Instagram users in the Netherlands view posts chronologically, rather than via profiling-based feeds.
Digital rights group Bits of Freedom, which brought the case, had argued in the run-up to a national election that public debate is harmed when users can't be sure which posts they are seeing and why.
The lower court had found that elements of the design of both platforms were not in line with the European Union's Digital Services Act.
Meta, which complied with the court's preliminary ruling, said it would now challenge it in "full-scale" proceedings. We "are confident in our compliance with the DSA," a spokesperson said.
Bits of Freedom welcomed the decision. General Director Evelyn Austin said that although the ruling only applies to Dutch users, she hoped it would eventually apply throughout Europe. "We will keep pushing for that," she added.
