A São Paulo judge orders Meta to stop collecting Brazilian press groups' journalism to train its AI, and suspends part of its new terms, AFP and The Rio Times report

A judge of São Paulo's 44th Civil Court granted a preliminary injunction against Meta on 3 November, AFP and The Rio Times report. The plaintiffs are three press associations: ANJ for newspapers, Abert for broadcasters and Aner for magazines.

The order bars Meta from collecting their members' content to train its AI models, the outlets report. It suspends the part of Meta's new business terms that required that access, terms due to take effect on 20 November, and bars Meta from penalising outlets that refuse them. Both report a fine of 1 million reais a day for non-compliance.

The judge ruled without first hearing Meta, AFP reports. The order covers only members of the three associations, according to The Rio Times. The court file was not visible from here, so the details rest on the two outlets.

The ruling is the latest challenge to the same Meta terms. Ten Norwegian media companies asked an Oslo court to freeze them on 28 October, and the UK competition watchdog opened an investigation on 30 October.

• Reported A preliminary injunction bars Meta from collecting the associations' members' content to train AI, with a fine of 1 million reais a day, AFP reports. AFP, via The Star
• Reported The judge suspended the part of Meta's new terms requiring the access and barred it from penalising outlets that refuse them, The Rio Times reports. The Rio Times