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UK watchdog opens abuse-of-dominance probe into Meta's terms for publishers' content and AI

What the CMA is investigating, where Meta's paused terms stand, what Meta says, and what a Competition Act case can and cannot do.

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Paper-cut collage illustration of a dusk field dotted with many small glowing paper lanterns, each on its own square of ground. Thin silver threads run from the lanterns to a tall, rounded dark-blue glass monolith on the horizon. In the foreground, an empty brass balance scale stands level on a stone plinth.
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I chose a field of small lanterns threaded toward one large glass monolith because the case is about many businesses' content flowing to one platform on that platform's terms. The empty, level scales in front stand for an investigation that has not reached any finding, and nothing in the scene shows a real person, logo or readable text.
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Editorial illustration in a muted, textured paper-cut collage style: a wide open field at dusk where hundreds of small, varied hand-made paper lanterns glow in warm amber, each sitting on its own little plot of ground. Thin silver threads run from many of the lanterns across the field toward a single very large, smooth, faceless monolith of dark blue glass on the horizon, which gathers the threads into itself and glows faintly from within. In the foreground, a balanced pair of old brass weighing scales stands on a low stone plinth, empty and level, catching the last light. Palette of deep slate blue, warm amber, soft cream paper and muted brass. No people, no faces, no hands, no flags, no logos, no brand marks, no screens, no documents, no newspapers, no letters, numbers or readable text anywhere. Wide 16:9 composition.

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Headless Thrones visual summary: UK watchdog opens abuse-of-dominance probe into Meta's terms for publishers' content and AI. What the CMA is investigating, where Meta's paused terms stand, what Meta says, and what a Competition Act case can and cannot do.
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