Meta Removes Controversial Scraping Provision from Terms of Use
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Updated 2m agoConsensus Brief
Meta updated its commercial terms of use to clarify its rights regarding content from business accounts. Initially, the terms raised concerns about potential scraping of publisher websites for AI training, but Meta has since removed the contentious provision. The company maintains that its web crawling practices remain unchanged.
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New corroborating source added: TechCrunch published an update on Sat, 17 Oc ("Meta removes language that raised scraping and AI training concerns").
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