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Meta removed language from its terms of service that had raised concerns about web scraping and AI training, saying the update did not change how it crawls the web.
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Meta is updating its terms to remove language that suggested it could scrape content from sites, including news sites, to train its AI, following backlash.
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Meta updates terms over scraping and AI training language
Meta removes language that raised scraping and AI training concerns
TechCrunch AI · 17 Oct 2026, 21:31
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The Register AI + ML · 16 Oct 2026, 20:00
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The Verge AI · 16 Oct 2026, 14:02
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“After backlash, Meta is updating its terms again to remove language that suggested it could scrape content from sites, including news sites, to train its AI.”
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