Elsevier Sues Meta over Unauthorized Use of Scraped Research Papers (nature.com)

• Elsevier sues Meta for scraping research papers to train AI models.
• Lawsuit filed May 13, 2026 in US federal court.
• First major publisher lawsuit against tech firm over academic scraping.

"Scientific publisher Elsevier has filed a lawsuit against Meta, alleging the company scraped millions of research papers from its databases without permission and used them to train its AI models. The suit, filed May 13, 2026 in a US federal court, seeks injunctive relief and damages. This is the first known legal action by a major publisher against a tech firm over scraped academic content."