A coalition of ten Norwegian media organizations has filed legal action against Meta to block updated commercial terms that could allow the tech giant to collect news content for artificial intelligence development without permission.(Euronews)

The legal challenge, submitted to the Oslo District Court, requests a provisional injunction to halt Meta’s revised terms of use for business accounts. The coalition—which includes public broadcaster NRK, news agency NTB, and major media groups Schibsted, Amedia, Polaris, and Aller—argues that the new policies force an unfair “all-or-nothing” choice on publishers. Under the updated rules, media outlets must either permit Meta to scrape their articles, images, and videos—including paywalled content—or delete their official Facebook and Instagram business accounts entirely.

Lene Eltvik Vindfeld, head of the Norwegian Media Businesses’ Association (MBL), expressed deep concern over the long-term impact on the journalism industry. She noted that Meta is using publisher investments to build competing AI tools, creating market distortion and eroding intellectual property control.

Meta originally scheduled the rollout of its updated Commercial Terms for October 30. However, following widespread opposition from European publishers and antitrust authorities, the company postponed implementation until November 20 to provide more time for explanation.

The Oslo lawsuit forms part of a growing global resistance from news publishers against unauthorized data harvesting by major tech platforms. Since mid-2026, hundreds of international outlets—including The New York Times, The Guardian, and USA Today—have blocked internet archive crawler bots to prevent AI data collection. Meanwhile, regulatory bodies such as France’s competition authority have warned that Meta’s approach to copyright management risks causing severe harm to the press industry.