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Meta removes language that raised scraping and AI training concerns
A Meta spokesperson insisted that the updated terms did not reflect a change in the way Meta crawls the web.
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Meta updated its commercial terms of use to state that it may “use any content from [a business account’s] domains, web pages, or URLs to provide, develop, improve, research, train, and maintain the integrity of” its products and services. Legal experts interviewed by Nieman Lab described the clause as a “remarkable provision” that could permit Meta to scrape the website of any publisher that holds a Meta business account and employ that material to train its AI models. The change follows Meta’s recent defeat of a high‑profile copyright lawsuit, while other legal actions against AI firms, including Meta, remain ongoing.
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