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Meta's new terms may allow AI training on publisher websites

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Meta's updated terms of service, effective October 30th, appear to grant the company broad rights to crawl and scrape websites associated with businesses using its platforms. This includes online publishers, with the data potentially being used for AI development, improvement, research, and training. The new terms have raised concerns among publishers about their content being used without compensation. AI

IMPACT Raises concerns for publishers about the use of their content for AI training without compensation.

RANK_REASON Article discusses policy implications of a company's terms of service regarding AI training data.

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Meta's new terms may allow AI training on publisher websites

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Meta's new terms appear to give it permission to crawl and scrape websites "associated" with the businesses that use its platforms - including online publishers

    Meta's new terms appear to give it permission to crawl and scrape websites "associated" with the businesses that use its platforms - including online publishers, according to a report from Nieman Lab. The new terms, which go into effect on October 30th, say Meta can use this outs…

    LINKS theverge.com/…/meta-business-terms-scrape…

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