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Meta's New Commercial TOS Requires Businesses to Allow AI Training on Linked Website Content

Meta is slated to update its commercial terms of service on October 30, requiring business accounts to permit AI training on content from their linked websites, not just their social media posts. The update reportedly offers no opt-out, with Meta suggesting businesses stop using its services if they disagree. Legal experts and news publishers flag the change as a way for Meta to sidestep potentially millions in AI content licensing fees. The move escalates the broader fight over whether AI train

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Meta's new business terms may let it scrape news sites for AI training

Meta's updated business terms, effective October 30th, reportedly grant it permission to crawl and scrape websites associated with businesses using its platforms, including online publishers, to develop and train AI products. Meta spokesperson Daniel Roberts says the company is only consolidating its commercial and self-serve ad terms. Legal experts cited by Nieman Lab suggest the terms could let Meta argue its commercial agreements supersede blocking instructions like robots.txt.

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