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Meta delays controversial business terms amid AI scraping backlash

By PulseAugur Editorial · [2 sources] ·

Meta has postponed its updated business terms, originally set for October 30, to November 20, citing a need for more time to communicate changes to stakeholders. The revised terms faced significant backlash from publishers and businesses due to language that suggested Meta could use web scraping to collect content from business accounts for AI training and product development. In response to concerns, Meta has removed explicit references to AI training and stated that content owners can use robots.txt to control crawler access, though the effectiveness of this measure has been questioned. AI

IMPACT Potential impact on data scraping practices for AI training and publisher rights regarding content usage.

RANK_REASON Meta, a major tech company, delayed a policy change impacting business users and AI training data collection.

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. Engadget TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] (Mariella Moon) ·

    Meta is delaying its controversial new business terms amid scraping concerns

    Meta drew flak for an upcoming change to its business terms that would allow it to scrape business accounts' content for AI training.

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

    📰 Meta is delaying its controversial new business terms amid scraping concerns Meta drew flak for an upcoming change to its business terms that would allow it t

    📰 Meta is delaying its controversial new business terms amid scraping concerns Meta drew flak for an upcoming change to its business terms that would allow it to scrape business accounts' content for AI training. 📰 Source: Engadget - Technology News & Expert Reviews 🔗 Link: https…

    LINKS engadget.com/…/meta-delaying-controversia…

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