Meta inks AI licensing deals with publishers
Meta said Friday it signed multiyear, compensated AI data agreements with news outlets including USA Today, People Inc., CNN, Fox News, The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner and Le Monde to feed real‑time answers in its Meta AI chatbot across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger. The deals, similar to a previously announced Reuters agreement, include source attribution and links back to publisher articles, with Meta planning additional partners and features over time.
📌 Key Facts
- Partners named: USA Today, People Inc., CNN, Fox News, The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner, Le Monde (plus earlier Reuters deal)
- Multiyear agreements compensate publishers for AI use of their content
- Meta AI will attribute sources and link to full articles within Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger
📊 Relevant Data
A study found that pro-Trump and conservative users are substantially more likely to have their content taken down or accounts suspended on social media platforms like Facebook and X compared to pro-Biden and liberal users, due to sharing more links to low-quality news sites; this occurs under neutral anti-misinformation policies.
Differences in misinformation sharing can lead to politically asymmetric sanctions — Nature
Accounts sharing pro-Trump or conservative hashtags were suspended at a significantly higher rate than those sharing pro-Biden or liberal hashtags on social media platforms.
Do Social Media Platforms Suspend Conservatives More? — Yale School of Management
90% of Republicans say it is likely that social media sites censor political viewpoints, compared to 59% of Democrats; in the US, 43% of adults identify as Republicans or lean Republican and 46% as Democrats or lean Democratic.
Most Americans Think Social Media Sites Censor Political Viewpoints — Pew Research Center
70% of Democrats use Facebook daily compared to 49% of Republicans, while 46% of US adults identify as Democrats or lean Democratic and 43% as Republicans or lean Republican.
Do Republicans or Democrats use Facebook more? The answer might surprise you. — Seven Letter