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UK CMA formally opens competition investigation into Meta commercial website-content terms

On 30 October 2026 the UK Competition and Markets Authority opened a Competition Act 1998 investigation into whether Meta's terms for commercial platform customers could unjustly permit collection and reuse of publishers' and businesses' web content including for AI features. Meta had paused proposed changes. The opening of an investigation is not a finding of dominance, illegality or liability; a separate Meta One inquiry is not part of this case.