The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating whether Meta’s potential commercial terms unfairly harm publishers and advertisers by allowing the company to collect content from their websites and use it to develop and provide products, including artificial intelligence tools and other features, without giving businesses a choice over how their content is used. The CMA will assess whether Meta holds a dominant position in a relevant UK market and, if so, whether the terms constitute an abuse of that position or unlawful unfair trading conditions. The investigation follows concerns raised by the News Media Association and Movement for an Open Web about the impact on UK businesses that rely on Meta’s popular social media platforms to reach audiences and customers. Meta had planned to revise the terms on November 20 but has since put the changes on hold. No finding has been made that Meta broke the law, and Meta did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The CMA is also separately seeking information about Meta One and concerns raised by the Federation of Small Businesses over external links on Facebook and Instagram; those matters are outside the current investigation.