The Amsterdam Court of Appeal has ruled that Meta Platforms will be granted additional time to implement changes to Facebook and Instagram required under the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA). The company now has until December 31, 2025 to comply with the order, with an appeal hearing scheduled for January 26, 2026.
The case stems from an earlier decision by the Amsterdam District Court on October 2, 2025, in a dispute between Meta and the digital rights organization Bits of Freedom (BoF). In that ruling, the preliminary relief judge found that certain aspects of Facebook and Instagram’s current structure violated provisions of the DSA designed to enhance user control and transparency.
The court ordered Meta to ensure that users are offered a direct and easily accessible choice for a timeline not based on profiling, and that this choice is preserved across sessions. In practical terms, Meta must end the practice whereby a user’s preference for a chronological or other non-profiled feed automatically resets to an algorithmically curated recommendation system whenever they navigate between sections of the platforms or reopen the app.
Although Meta has appealed the ruling, the judgment was declared provisionally enforceable, meaning it must be implemented even while the appeal is pending. Meta requested an extension, arguing that the two-week compliance deadline set by the District Court was unfeasible due to the technical complexity of the required changes. The company noted that the modifications affect the core systems of Facebook and Instagram, which must comply with privacy and security regulations, undergo testing, and obtain approvals from third parties such as Apple and Google.
In its latest ruling, the Amsterdam Court of Appeal acknowledged the competing interests at stake. Bits of Freedom argued that users’ fundamental right to access information should prompt swift implementation of the changes. However, the Court found that, given the current circumstances, Meta Ireland’s interest in having sufficient time to execute the technically demanding adjustments outweighs BoF’s interest in immediate enforcement.
As a result, the Court suspended the provisional enforceability of the earlier judgment until December 31, 2025. Meta must complete the required adjustments by that date while proceedings in the appeal continue.
