Facebook Pages require paid subscription to post more than two links per month
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The gist
Strangers in Paradise creator Terry Moore says he is leaving Facebook after Meta capped free image posts at two a month.
His exit highlights how Meta One fees and new scraping terms affect creators and publishers.
Background
Terry Moore is the creator of Strangers in Paradise, a comic series he launched through his own Abstract Studio in 1993; his later books include Echo, Rachel Rising, Motor Girl and Parker Girls. Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram, has rolled out a paid subscription service called Meta One that restricts how many external links some accounts on Facebook and Instagram can post without subscribing. Moore's announcement came as Nieman Journalism Lab reported that Meta's new commercial terms, effective October 30, will let Meta scrape content from websites associated with business accounts, including news publishers.
How it unfolded
- Oct 15, 2026Nieman Journalism Lab reports Meta's new commercial terms, effective October 30, will let Meta scrape content from websites associated with business accounts, including news publishers, following the Meta One rollout.
- Oct 20, 2026Terry Moore announces on his Terry Moore Art Facebook page that he will stop posting there after Meta capped how many images he can share for free, saying his usual pace would cost up to $500 a month.
- Oct 20, 2026Moore's post drew close to 400 reactions and dozens of comments from fans within hours.
- date unknownMoore says he may make one more post on Nov 1 to show the Meta One popup window.
Who’s saying what
- Creator
- Moore said he can only post two images a month for free, that more requires the Meta One plan at tiers from $15 to $500 a month, and that he "will not post here on Facebook anymore simply because I can't."
- Expert
- Media and intellectual property attorney Matt Topic called the scraping provision "a remarkable provision to bury in [the] terms of service" and said publishers should assume it would be enforceable.
- Official
- Meta declined to answer Nieman Lab's question about the link-limit service.
Still unverified
The sources do not state which accounts are subject to the link limit; Nieman Lab says the program restricts "some accounts" and that Meta declined to answer its question about the service.