Meta Removes Language Raising Scraping and AI Training Concerns

Meta has removed controversial terms from its commercial agreements that previously sparked concerns among publishers and legal experts regarding web scraping and AI training. The updated language had suggested that Meta could use content from business account domains to train its artificial intelligence models.

Following public scrutiny and reports by media outlets, Meta clarified that the consolidated terms were intended solely for ads and business products and did not represent any shift in its web crawling practices.

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Meta Removes Language Raising Scraping and AI Training Concerns

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