# Facebook owner Meta forced into fresh climbdown over plans to ‘steal’ UK publishers’ content after humiliating defeat in European court, as bosses branded ‘hypocrites’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/facebook-owner-meta-forced-into-fresh-climbdown-over-plans-to-steal-uk-publishers-content-after-humiliating-defeat-in-european-court-as-bosses-branded-hypocrites/
- Published: 2026-10-29T22:48:02+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T23:03:52+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16249839/Facebook-owner-Meta-forced-fresh-climbdown-plans-steal.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Business, Europe, Markets, UK, World

## Key points

- Meta may delay its platform terms again after a Norwegian court ruling.
- Publishers fear the changes would allow unpaid copying of their content.
- Meta denies the terms are aimed at scraping news for AI training.

## Summary

Meta is likely to delay changes to its Facebook and Instagram terms for a second time after a court in Norway agreed to review their legality. UK publishers fear the terms would let Meta copy their material without payment, including content on publishers’ own websites, and use it to develop AI models.

The changes had already been postponed until 20 November amid criticism from MPs, peers and campaigners. Norwegian publishers argued the terms could cover articles, pictures and videos, including material behind paywalls, with no way to opt out. Meta denies the changes are intended to support AI training or scraping news websites; the UK publishers’ association has accused the company of hypocrisy, citing its own restrictions on automated data collection.

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