UK's CMA Opens Investigation Into Meta’s Commercial Terms

By Reuters News11:06 (UTC), 30 October 2026 Updated

Oct 30 (Reuters) - UK's CMA:

CMA OPENS INVESTIGATION INTO META’S COMMERCIAL TERMS
UK CMA: INVESTIGATION WILL EXAMINE CONCERNS THAT META’S TERMS AND CONDITIONS UNFAIRLY HARM NEWS PUBLISHERS AND OTHER CONTENT BUSINESSES
CMA: TERMS ALLOW META TO ACCESS & USE CONTENT FROM NEWS PUBLISHERS’ WEBSITES TO DEVELOP AND PROVIDE ITS OWN PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
UK CMA: AS THIS IS ONLY THE START OF THE CMA’S INVESTIGATION, NO DECISION HAS YET BEEN MADE ON WHETHER META HAS BROKEN THE LAW
CMA: INVESTIGATION WILL ASSESS WHETHER META HOLDS DOMINANT POSITION IN RELEVANT MARKET IN THE UK AND WHETHER TERMS AMOUNT TO ABUSE OF THAT POSITION
UK CMA: SEPARATELY, THE CMA IS SEEKING INFORMATION FROM META ON ITS NEW META ONE BUSINESS SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE

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