Overview

• Under the Digital Services Act, in force since 2022, major platforms must pay an annual supervisory levy equal to 0.05% of their worldwide net income to fund EU compliance monitoring.
• Meta told the General Court that relying on parent-company revenues instead of subsidiary accounts creates unclear and inconsistent fee assessments.
• TikTok’s legal team argued that the fee overstates its liability by double-counting users across devices and exceeding the statutory cap.
• The European Commission defended its methodology, saying consolidated group accounts reflect the full financial capacity to bear the levy and that providers were given clear calculation details.
• The cases were heard on June 11 in Luxembourg’s General Court and a ruling on the fee methodology is expected in 2026.