Meta business terms allow use of linked content; EU and UK users can object
Original title: Objection, your honor
After backlash, Meta moved the effective date from October 30 to November 20 and removed the word train.
Meta updated commercial terms for business accounts so it may use content from connected domains, pages or URLs to provide, develop, improve, research, train and maintain its products. Artists and small businesses using Instagram and Facebook objected. Meta later set the effective date at November 20, removed “train” from the listed uses and limited them to advertising and business products, though the report says the wording still leaves broad leeway. Users in the United Kingdom and European Union can submit an objection through Instagram’s privacy center; some say Meta emailed approval.
Unconfirmed: Approval of objections is described from user reports, not a Meta statement in this piece.
- Nieman Lab first reported the change buried in Meta’s Commercial Terms.
- The update was first due on October 30, then delayed to November 20.
- Meta narrowed the stated uses to advertising and business products.
- On Instagram mobile, the objection form is reached through the privacy center.
- Some UK and EU users say Meta approved their objections by email.
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