France's competition authority has ordered Meta to return to negotiations with French publishers and present a payment proposal within 15 days after a dispute over unpaid fees for the use of news content on its platforms.
The complaint, filed by media groups DVP and APIG, argues that Meta imposed its own method for calculating payments while refusing to provide the information publishers needed to assess what they were owed.
The watchdog said the company's conduct was likely to amount to an abuse of its dominant market position.
Meta said it disagreed with the decision but would take part in the renewed negotiations.
At the heart of the case are the EU's "neighbouring rights" rules, which require digital platforms to compensate publishers for reusing their news content.
The previous agreement between Meta and the publishers expired in 2024. No new deal has been reached since then, leaving French media groups without payments since 2025 despite their content continuing to appear on Meta's platforms.
The competition authority chose not to impose a fine, saying it did not want to influence the negotiations by determining a payment amount itself.
The case adds to a growing number of disputes between publishers and major technology companies over the value of news content in the digital and artificial intelligence era.
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