
Meta Removes Commercial Terms Language Permitting AI Content Scraping Across Publisher and News Websites
Following widespread public and industry backlash, Meta has updated its commercial terms to remove language that indicated the company could scrape third-party web content, including material from news organizations, to train its artificial intelligence models. The revision specifically strikes provisions from its commercial terms documentation that previously asserted Meta could utilize content across associated domains, web pages, and URLs to develop, improve, research, train, and maintain its products and services. The policy change comes amid mounting scrutiny over how artificial intelligence developers acquire training data from online publishers. This update reflects the sensitive balance tech companies must navigate between gathering web-scale data and addressing copyright, consent, and commercial boundaries asserted by content creators and digital publishers.














