Meta delays AI scraping terms after publisher backlash
meta is delaying new business terms to november 20th after publishers raised concerns about ai scraping for training. this affects meta's ai development and publisher data rights.
meta is delaying its new business terms to november 20th due to backlash from publishers worldwide. the terms could have allowed meta to scrape news sites for ai training. although meta updated the terms to remove 'training' language, publishers and legal experts remain concerned. the news/media alliance and digital advertisers in the eu and uk urged regulators to halt the new terms. meta will use the delay to explain its use of web crawlers and robots.txt.