# Meta May Delay Business Terms as Norway Court Bars Irish Unit From Implementing Them By Riza Dagoc Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/43032 Published: 2026-10-28T22:52:07.000Z Updated: 2026-10-28T22:52:07.000Z Section: Regulation > An interim order followed a request from 10 Norwegian media companies. Meta has not announced another effective date for the revised terms. Meta may push its updated business terms past Nov. 20 if publisher consultations continue, while a Norwegian court has ordered its Irish unit to hold off implementing the changes during a legal review. Communications chief Andy Stone said Oct. 28 that talks with publishers and industry groups could continue past the planned start date. If they do, Meta would postpone the revisions again. The current terms stay in force until the changes begin, and Stone gave no replacement date. The revisions affect Meta’s Commercial Terms and Self-Serve Ad Terms for businesses using its platforms. They had been set to begin Oct. 30 before Meta moved the start to Nov. 20, three weeks later. The [first extension]() followed objections from publishers. The earlier dispute centered on automated website access. Meta said website operators could use a robots.txt file to express crawler preferences. The News/Media Alliance, which challenged the initial changes, said the terms did not specifically require Meta to follow those settings. Stone’s Oct. 28 statement addressed the timetable and did not say whether this language would be altered. Separately, Oslo District Court issued an interim order Oct. 28 naming Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and barring the unit from implementing the changes while the court determines their legality. Ten Norwegian media companies sought the order. The applicants are NRK, TV 2, Schibsted, Amedia, Polaris, Aller, DN, Mentor Medier, NTB and Hordaland Folkeblad. The publishers argue the terms could let Meta collect articles, photographs and video from their websites, including material behind paywalls. They say the content might then support competing AI services. Their objection concerns both what Meta could gather and how it could reuse the material; the court has not ruled on whether their interpretation is correct. Lene Eltvik Vindfeld, chair of the Norwegian Media Businesses’ Association, welcomed the court’s decision. “We are very pleased with this decision. This is extremely important for Norwegian media,” she said. The court issued its temporary measure without a hearing at which Meta could respond. The parties may request a later oral hearing while the legal review continues. Nov. 20 remains the only announced start date, though Meta may delay implementation if consultations extend beyond it. ## Links in this article - [first extension](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/39683)