Norwegian media sue Meta over plans to use their journalism for AI

Ten Norwegian media groups, including NRK, Schibsted, Amedia, Polaris, Aller and NTB, have filed a request with the Oslo District Court for a provisional injunction against Meta's new Commercial Terms, which they say would let Meta collect their articles, photos and videos, including paywalled content, for AI development with no opt-out besides deleting accounts. Meta announced the change on 8 October and postponed its 30 October rollout to 20 November after pushback from European publishers and antitrust authorities. MBL head Lene Eltvik Vindfeld said Meta uses media groups' investments to develop AI services that compete with them directly, calling it unacceptable and a distortion of competition.