On October 27, 2026, the Norwegian Media Businesses’ Association (MBL) said ten Norwegian media organizations had asked Oslo District Court for a provisional injunction to pause Meta’s revised Commercial Terms before a court assesses their legality. The request seeks temporary relief while the court considers the dispute.
The ten organizations behind the request
MBL named NRK, TV 2, Schibsted, Amedia, Polaris, Aller, DN, Mentor Medier, NTB and Hordaland Folkeblad as members of the coalition.
The safeguards MBL wants
MBL is seeking three changes to Meta’s terms:
- Contractual recognition of machine-readable copyright reservations, including
robots.txt. - A separate, voluntary agreement with each media organization for AI training or standalone AI products, with compensation open to negotiation.
- A guarantee that refusing an AI-use agreement will not reduce an organization’s reach or traffic, or exclude it from the platform.
Those proposed safeguards go beyond the immediate court request: they describe the terms MBL wants for any agreement about AI use.
What the publishers allege the terms could permit
The publishers allege that Meta’s revised terms could allow it to collect articles, photographs and videos, including paywalled material, for uses that include AI products. They also say the terms affect professional accounts on Facebook and Instagram, including accounts run by businesses and retailers, and claim that deleting an account is the only way to refuse them.
These are the coalition’s claims about the terms’ scope and effect. The injunction request asks the court to pause the revised terms before assessing their legality.
Meta’s reported rollout schedule
Meta announced the changes on October 8, according to reporting published October 27. The rollout was initially planned for October 30, then rescheduled to November 20. Meta said the delay would give it more time to explain the changes to partners and stakeholders.
