Dutch court upholds ruling forcing Meta to offer chronological feeds

AMSTERDAM, March 10 (Reuters) - ‌A ​Dutch ​appeals court on Tuesday 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 although the ruling only applies to ‌Dutch users, she hoped it would ⁠eventually apply throughout ‌Europe. "We will ​keep pushing for that," she said.

(Reporting by Toby SterlingEditing by Bernadette ‌Baum)

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