France Orders Meta to Resume Publisher Compensation Negotiations Within 15 Days

The French Competition Authority has ordered Meta to submit a plan for paying dues and to resume negotiations with French media organizations, which have been demanding fees for the use of their content on its platforms for over a year. This comes after a complaint from the French Publishers' Association, which accused Meta of attempting to impose a special mechanism for calculating the financial compensation and of refusing to provide the necessary data to assess the owed amount. The authority confirmed that there are indications of Meta exploiting its dominant market position and mandated it to provide details of the payment plan within 15 days. For its part, Meta expressed its commitment to participate in the legal proceedings, stating that it does not agree with the authority’s decisions but looks forward to fair negotiations. It is worth noting that the dispute concerns neighboring rights, which grant media organizations the right to receive compensation when their content is used digitally, and France enforces strict rules in this regard.

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