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Meta is delaying its controversial new business terms amid scraping concerns

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

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  1. Fast Company

    Meta quietly delays controversial update that critics say will allow website scraping (opens Fast Company)

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    Earlier this month, Meta Platforms announced controversial new commercial terms of use for business accounts that critics said would give the social media giant broad authority to crawl and scrape web content associated with those accounts.

  2. Niemanlab

    Meta delays rollout of terms that would allow broad scraping of news sites. Legal experts are still skeptical. (opens Niemanlab)

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    “Meta has delayed the effective date of its new terms of service for business accounts to November 20 in the face of mounting pressure from the global news industry. Nieman Lab first reported on the terms on October 15.

  3. Engadget

    Meta is delaying its controversial new business terms amid scraping concerns (opens Engadget)

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

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