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Meta Removes Language Suggesting It Could Scrape News Sites for AI
Following significant public and expert backlash, Meta has updated its commercial terms of service to remove ambiguous language. Critics had pointed out that the previous wording seemingly granted the company permission to scrape external websites and news sources to train its artificial intelligence models. The controversial clause explicitly allowed Meta to use content from various domains and URLs to develop, improve, and train its products and services. Legal scholars and journalism advocates quickly highlighted the implications, prompting the tech giant to quietly roll back the update.