Publishers, advertisers call EU, UK antitrust regulators to suspend Meta's new commercial terms

Source: The Star
Published on: 2026-10-22 14:19

BRUSSELS, Oct 22 (Reuters) - ⁠Digital advertisers and publishers lobbied on Thursday for EU and UK regulators to suspend Meta ⁠Platforms' new commercial terms due to come into effect on October 30, alleging that these would give Meta an unlimited right to use their content for its AI services. Advocacy group the Movement for an Open Web, whose members include digital advertisers and publishers, said it had complained to the European Commission and the UK's Competition and Markets Authority and requested interim measures. Publishers worldwide are stepping up their ⁠fight with AI companies that use their ⁠content without permission to train large language models, underscoring the clash between copyright owners and those citing ⁠fair use arguments. "Meta's new terms are clearly anti-competitive.Many businesses effectively have no choice but to use Meta's services and these conditions wou...

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