Description

Issued decision by High Court of Australia revoking Facebook’s special leave to appeal

On 7 March 2023, the Full Court of the High Court of Australia issued a decision to revoke Facebook’s special leave to appeal to the High Court in the 2020 case brought by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) against Facebook…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court

Complete timeline of this policy change

Hide details
2018-04-05
under deliberation

On 5 April 2018, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) initiated an investig…

2020-03-09
under investigation

On 9 March 2020, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) commenced Civil Penal…

2023-03-07
under investigation

On 7 March 2023, the Full Court of the High Court of Australia issued a decision to revoke Facebook…

2023-06-02
under investigation

On 2 June 2023, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) filed an Amended State…

2024-12-17
under investigation

On 17 December 2024, the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) reached a settlement agreement …

2025-06-26
under investigation

On 26 June 2025, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) announced that Meta P…