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CMA opens competition investigation into Meta’s terms for publishers and advertisers

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Source: Competition and Markets AuthorityAlso reported by Reuters, CMA case page

The Competition and Markets Authority opened a Competition Act 1998 investigation on 30 October 2026 into whether Meta abuses a dominant position through commercial terms that could let it collect content from the websites of publishers and businesses using its services and use it to build its own products, including AI features, without giving them a choice. Meta had planned the terms for 30 October, delayed them to 20 November and paused them on 28 October pending a consultation. The CMA said no decision has been made on whether Meta has broken the law.

Why it matters

News publishers and other UK businesses that rely on Meta’s platforms could get a ruling on whether Meta may use their content for its AI features as a condition of service, and the CMA can impose interim measures while it investigates.

When
30 Oct 2026
ID
WTA-N-2026-0569
Who
Competition and Markets Authority, Meta, News Media Association, Movement for an Open Web, Federation of Small Businesses; Sarah Cardell
Authority
Competition and Markets Authority
Target
Meta
Action
investigation (Competition Act 1998)
Status
open · Enforcement ledger

Summary written with AI by wheresthe.ai, from Competition and Markets Authority and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 30 Oct 2026.

Read the original at Competition and Markets Authority

Source copy: download the page as saved on 30 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

Next stop on this Storyline: Elsewhere: BrazilBrazilian court bars Meta from using news content without authorisation

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WTA-N-2026-0569: “CMA opens competition investigation into Meta’s terms for publishers and advertisers.” wheresthe.ai, 30 Oct 2026. https://wheresthe.ai/d/gb-cma-investigates-meta-commercial-terms-2026-10/ (source: Competition and Markets Authority).

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