Paris appeals court rejects Meta's challenge to French publisher talks

A Paris appeals court rejected Meta's challenge to interim orders requiring it to resume talks with French news publishers over payment for their content. The court said Meta's practices could amount to an abuse of a dominant position; the orders remain in force until the competition authority rules.

• France's Autorité de la concurrence issued the interim orders in July after talks broke down
• Meta must tell publishers how much its social networks earn and how news is used
• Court cited Meta's method of calculating payments as possible abuse of dominance
• Google was fined €250m in 2024 in a similar French dispute