By Inbar Preiss ( May 19, 2026, 12:17 GMT | Comment) -- A ruling by the EU's top court in a case brought by Meta gives publishers stronger leverage to seek payment, data and regulator support when platforms use news content. For social media providers, it raises compliance pressure but preserves limits where they do not use protected publications, or when publishers refuse authorization.The EU’s top court has given member states a roadmap for strengthening press publishers’ bargaining power against online platforms, opening the door for more national systems that require negotiations, data disclosure and involvement from a regulator when platforms use news content....
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