Meta’s new terms may allow it to train AI on news sites for free
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Meta's updated terms of service, effective October 30th, allow the company to crawl and scrape websites associated with businesses using its platforms, including online publishers, to train and improve its AI products. Legal experts are raising concerns about the policy change, which Meta claims is merely a consolidation of existing commercial and advertising terms.
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Meta's new terms appear to give it permission to crawl and scrape websites "associated" with the businesses that use its platforms - including online publishers, according to a report from Nieman Lab. The new terms, which go into effect on October 30th, say Meta can use this outside content to "develop, improve, research," and "train" its AI products. While Meta spokesperson Daniel Roberts says that the company is just "consolidating" its commercial and self-serve ad terms, legal experts tell Ni
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