Meta's New Terms Allow Free Crawling of News Sites for AI Training
Confirmed
Confidence
90%
Impact: 80%
Updated Oct 28Consensus Brief
Meta has introduced new terms that permit the company to crawl and scrape websites associated with business accounts, including online publishers. This policy, effective October 30, 2026, enables Meta to use this content for developing and training its AI products without needing a licensing agreement. Businesses that do not agree to these terms may lose access to Meta's services for commercial purposes.
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What Changed Since Last Update
Oct 28
New corroborating source added: The Verge published an update on 2026-10-28 ("Meta says it’ll probably delay its controversial new business terms again").
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