The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) opened an investigation on Friday
into whether Meta Platforms (META.O) used commercial contract terms to abuse
market dominance and unfairly harm publishers and advertisers. The CMA said Meta
had planned to revise the terms effective Nov. 20 but has paused implementation.
Under the proposed terms Meta could collect content from publishers’ sites
without their consent and then use that content to develop and offer its own
products and services, including AI features. Meta said there is no basis for a
competition probe and that it has committed not to change the terms before
consulting publishers and other stakeholders.
