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Meta Revises Business Terms Over Website Scraping and AI Training Concerns

After Nieman Lab and other outlets reported that Meta's new commercial terms could let it scrape websites linked to business accounts to train AI, Meta removed the word "train" and some scraping language, though legal experts and European publishers say the revised terms still raise concerns ahead of their October 30 effective date.

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Oct 27, 8:13 AM euronews.com Norwegian media sue Meta over plans to use their journalism for AI
Oct 24, 3:18 AM engadget.com Meta is delaying its controversial new business terms amid scraping concerns
Oct 23, 9:12 AM thenextweb.com Meta delays its website-crawling terms after a publisher backlash
Oct 23, 7:47 AM theverge.com Meta delays new business terms after publisher pushback on AI scraping
Oct 23, 6:05 AM fastcompany.com Meta quietly delays controversial update that critics say will allow website scraping
Oct 22, 1:32 PM theverge.com Meta’s AI could still scrape news sites, legal experts say
Oct 22, 2:08 AM thenextweb.com European publishers ask EU and UK regulators to stop Meta’s AI terms
Oct 20, 1:07 PM arstechnica.com Meta drops the word "train" from its commercial TOS after AI backlash
Oct 19, 3:47 PM engadget.com Meta tweaks its new terms of service after backlash against scraping
Oct 19, 4:40 AM qz.com Meta removed "train" from its business terms after publisher backlash over scraping
Oct 17, 2:31 PM techcrunch.com Meta removes language that raised scraping and AI training concerns
Oct 17, 11:40 AM thenextweb.com Meta drops ‘train’ from its website-crawling terms after backlash
Oct 17, 10:52 AM gizmodo.com ‘We’ve Heard You’: Meta Tweaks Controversial Website-Scraping Terms Slightly
Oct 17, 8:50 AM techmeme.com Meta removes ToS language that suggested it could scrape websites "associated with" business accounts, saying it applied only to "ads and business products" (Terrence O'Brien/The Verge)
Oct 17, 8:04 AM theverge.com Meta removes language that may have allowed it to scrape news sites
Oct 16, 5:57 PM gizmodo.com Meta to Literally Every Business User: Nice Website You Got There
Oct 16, 1:00 PM theregister.com Meta grants itself right to scrape content from business customers for model training
Oct 16, 12:36 PM zdnet.com Have a Meta business account? You’re consenting to AI scraping now, legal experts say
Oct 16, 8:41 AM arstechnica.com Meta may use sweeping new commercial TOS to avoid millions in AI licensing fees
Oct 16, 7:02 AM theverge.com Meta’s new terms may allow it to train AI on news sites for free
Oct 15, 2:00 PM techmeme.com Experts say Meta's new terms of use will allow scraping of websites, including news sites, "associated with" business accounts on its platforms, with no opt out (Nieman Lab)

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