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Meta Revises Terms of Service Amid Backlash Over AI Training and Data Scraping Concerns

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Meta Revises Terms of Service Amid Backlash Over AI Training and Data Scraping Concerns

Meta removes terms that raised concerns over website scraping and AI training

MediaNama

Meta removes terms that raised concerns over website scraping and AI training

Meta removed provisions from its commercial terms that appeared to allow website scraping for AI training after criticism from publishers and legal experts about copyright and data access.

Meta removes AI training clause after backlash over web scraping concerns

Firstpost

Meta removes AI training clause after backlash over web scraping concerns

Meta has withdrawn a contentious provision from its commercial terms after legal experts warned it could be interpreted as granting the company wider rights to use website content for AI training....

Meta updates Terms of Service amid concerns around data scraping

Social Media Today

Meta updates Terms of Service amid concerns around data scraping

The company changed the wording of its agreement after some language in the previous provisions exposed potential legal loopholes.

Meta drops wording on business sites for AI training

Tech in Asia

Meta drops wording on business sites for AI training

The News/Media Alliance, a US trade group for news publishers, responded to the changes.

Meta removes language that raised scraping and AI training concerns

TechCrunch

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.

Meta revises commercial terms following concerns over AI scraping of news websites

Anadolu Ajansı

Meta revises commercial terms following concerns over AI scraping of news websites

Company removes training language from web-crawling provision, clarifies its use for advertising and business products

Meta removes language that may have allowed it to scrape news sites

The Verge

Meta removes language that may have allowed it to scrape news sites

After backlash, Meta is updating its terms again to remove language that suggested it could scrape content from sites, including news sites, to train its AI. Specifically, the following language...

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