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Meta to force business users to allow content scraping under new T&Cs

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Meta is updating its Terms and Conditions for business users, requiring them to permit the scraping and indexing of their content across Meta platforms. Users who do not agree with these new terms must cease using Meta's services. This change is set to take effect on October 30th, and it is speculated that Meta's `meta-externalagent` bot will be used for this purpose. AI

IMPACT This policy change could impact how businesses manage their data and online presence, potentially affecting AI training data availability.

RANK_REASON Policy change affecting users of a platform, not a core AI release or research.

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Meta to force business users to allow content scraping under new T&Cs

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · tdp_org ·

    I'd completely missed this but apparently Meta are changing their T&Cs for business users of their platforms to force all companies to allow Meta to scrape and

    I'd completely missed this but apparently Meta are changing their T&Cs for business users of their platforms to force all companies to allow Meta to scrape and index their content. If you disagree, you have to stop using Meta platforms. https://www. niemanlab.org/2026/10/metas-ne…

    LINKS developers.facebook.com/…/web-crawlers

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