A São Paulo judge has temporarily blocked Meta’s Brazilian subsidiary from tying media association members’ continued platform access to permission to scrape their external websites.
The November 3, 2026, order by Judge Guilherme Madeira Dezem of the 44th Civil Court protects members of ABERT, representing radio and television broadcasters; ANJ, representing newspapers; and ANER, representing magazine publishers. The defendant is Facebook Serviços Online do Brasil Ltda.
The injunction suspends the disputed contractual condition, bars automated collection from members’ sites and use of their protected content for Meta’s AI systems, and requires members’ accounts to remain operational without retaliation for rejecting the new collection terms. The challenged terms were due to take effect November 20.
Noncompliance can trigger a daily fine of R$1 million, capped at R$100 million. That is a compliance penalty, not damages already awarded.
The judge granted precautionary relief without first hearing the defendant. It is not a final merits judgment, a worldwide scraping ban or a U.S. precedent. The order gives the associations 30 working days from implementation of the measure to bring their principal claim.
For broadcasters and publishers, the practical issue is retaining social-platform distribution without surrendering control of reporting, photographs and audiovisual work hosted elsewhere. The associations’ official announcement frames the case as protection against unauthorized use of their members’ content.
RNN reviewed a copy of the signed order in case 4214874-21.2026.8.26.0100. No subsequent stay or appeal disposition, or case-specific statement from Meta, was verified in the sources reviewed. The dispute remains unresolved.
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