Meta delays new business terms to November 20 after publisher backlash
Original title: Meta delays new business terms after publisher pushback on AI scraping
Terms first set for October 30 drew claims they could let Meta scrape publisher sites for AI training despite a wording change.
Meta is delaying enforcement of new business terms from October 30 to November 20 after publishers objected worldwide. Spokesperson Daniel Roberts said the delay gives time to explain changes, including how Meta uses web crawlers and that owners can still signal preferences with robots.txt. Meta removed “training” language, but legal experts said that may not rule out AI training use. The News/Media Alliance wrote to Mark Zuckerberg, and EU and UK advertisers and publishers asked regulators to halt the terms.
Unconfirmed: Whether the revised terms still permit scraping publisher sites for AI training remains disputed by legal experts and publishers.
- Enforcement moves from October 30 to November 20.
- The News/Media Alliance warned the terms could cause severe harm to publishers.
- EU and UK digital advertisers and publishers urged regulators to force a halt.
- Meta says content owners can still use robots.txt to signal crawler preferences.
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From the original article
2 min read at theverge.com
Meta is delaying the enforcement of its new business terms after publishers raised concerns that they could allow the company to scrape news sites for AI training, as reported earlier by Fast Company. In a statement to The Verge, Meta spokesperson Daniel Roberts says the terms will go into effect on November 20th "to allow more time for us to explain to our partners and stakeholders what's changing and what's not."
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