The Long Arc of Regulatory Pressure: How Two Decades of Oversight Shaped Meta's Relationship With Journalism

From a 2011 FTC settlement over privacy to a landmark 2026 EU ruling on news compensation, the story of regulating platforms is also the story of trying to sustain a free press.

The Long Arc of Regulatory Pressure: How Two Decades of Oversight Shaped Meta's Relationship With Journalism From a 2011 FTC settlement over privacy to a landmark 2026 EU ruling on news compensation, the story of regulating platforms is also the story of trying to sustain a free press. Tracing the FTC's 2011 settlement with Facebook through the EU's May 2026 ruling on Meta paying for news, this feature explores how regulatory pressure has reshaped the relationship between platforms and journalism. On a Tuesday in...