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Meta postpones business account terms amid objections over possible news scraping

A Norwegian court temporarily suspended the terms and a U.K. regulator opened an investigation as critics warned of AI competition risks.

Published Nov 3, 2026 · 11:41 UTC2 reports

The short version

  • Meta has delayed the rollout of new terms for its business accounts, originally due October 30, after objections from media companies and open-web advocates.[ABC News · Associated Press]
  • Critics say the terms could let Meta scrape news sites without payment and use the content to build competing AI services, while Meta says the update covers only ads and business products.[ABC News · Associated Press]
  • A Norwegian court temporarily suspended the terms on October 28 at the request of 180 media companies, and the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority opened an investigation.[ABC News · Associated Press]

Key facts

  • Meta postponed the rollout of new business terms that were originally scheduled to take effect October 30.[ABC News · Associated Press]
  • Critics said the terms could let Meta scrape news site content without payment and use it to build competing AI services.[ABC News · Associated Press]
  • Meta said the update applies only to its ads and business products and does not change how it uses web crawlers.[ABC News · Associated Press]
  • On October 28, a Norwegian court granted a temporary injunction suspending the terms at the request of 180 Norwegian media companies.[ABC News · Associated Press]
  • The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority said on October 30 that it was starting an investigation into the conditions.[ABC News · Associated Press]

What remains uncertain

  • Whether the terms would have enabled scraping of news site content for AI development is disputed; the concern comes from critics, and Meta says the update does not change its crawling.[ABC News · Associated Press]
  • The reporting does not state a new effective date for the terms or the outcome of the Norwegian and U.K. proceedings.[ABC News · Associated Press]

Sources

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