# Ministers urged to break cover and publicly back crackdown on Facebook owner Meta over plans to ‘steal’ UK publishers’ content to train AI models, with publishing industry accusing Government of ‘absence of any public support’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/ministers-urged-to-break-cover-and-publicly-back-crackdown-on-facebook-owner-meta-over-plans-to-steal-uk-publishers-content-to-train-ai-models-with-publishing-industry-accusing-government-of/
- Published: 2026-10-29T00:01:49+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T00:10:55+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16246685/Ministers-urged-break-cover-publicly-crackdown-Facebook-owner-Meta.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: AI, Business, Government, Markets, Politics, Technology, UK, World

## Key points

- Publishers want Ministers to back CMA action on Meta’s proposed terms.
- They fear content could be used to train AI without payment.
- Meta denies the changes target news websites.

## Summary

UK publishing industry leaders have urged Ministers to publicly support a stronger competition watchdog response to Meta’s proposed platform terms, which they fear could let the company use publishers’ content to train AI without payment. They say the Government’s lack of public backing may make it harder for the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to act, potentially harming publishers and the availability of reliably checked news.

The letter was sent by Theo Bamber of the News Media Association to Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds and Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy. The CMA is investigating Meta’s proposed changes to Facebook and Instagram terms; publishers fear avoiding them could mean leaving the platforms and losing a source of readers. Meta says the changes are not about scraping news websites, while the Culture Department says it will follow the CMA’s engagement with the company.

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