New body to handle disputes between EU users and Facebook, TikTok, YouTube

An independent body, supported by Meta Platforms' Oversight Board Trust, has a certification from the media regulator in Ireland to resolve appeals against policy violation decisions of social media companies in the European Union.

Formed as a certified out-of-court dispute settlement body under the EU Digital Services Act (DSA), Appeals Center Europe will initially decide cases relating to Facebook, ByteDance's TikTok and Alphabet's YouTube, and will include more social media platforms over time.

With a team of experts, the body will apply human review to every case within 90 days, and decide whether platforms' decisions are consistent with their content policies, it said in a statement.

Dublin-based Appeals Center, which has a one-time grant from the Oversight Board Trust, will be funded through fees charged to social media companies for each case. Users who...