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Meta delays new business terms amid publisher concerns over AI scraping

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Meta has postponed its new business terms, originally set for October 30th, until November 20th, following significant pushback from publishers. Concerns were raised that the updated terms could permit Meta to scrape news websites for AI training purposes, despite the company's claims that the language was updated to remove explicit mentions of "training" its products. The News/Media Alliance and regulators in the European Union and UK have urged Meta to revise or halt these terms due to potential harm to publishers. AI

IMPACT Potential changes to how AI models are trained on web data could impact content creators and AI development practices.

RANK_REASON The cluster discusses a policy change by a major tech company that impacts how its services interact with content creators, rather than a core AI release or research.

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Meta delays new business terms amid publisher concerns over AI scraping

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. The Verge — AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Emma Roth ·

    Meta delays new business terms after publisher pushback on AI scraping

    Meta is delaying the enforcement of its new business terms after publishers raised concerns that they could allow the company to scrape news sites for AI training, as reported earlier by Fast Company. In a statement to The Verge, Meta spokesperson Daniel Roberts says the terms wi…

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 Meta delays new business terms after publisher pushback on AI scraping Meta is delaying the enforcement of its new business terms after publishers raised conc

    📰 Meta delays new business terms after publisher pushback on AI scraping Meta is delaying the enforcement of its new business terms after publishers raised concerns that they could allow the company to scrape news sites for AI training, as reported earlier by Fast Compa... 📰 Sour…

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

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