Meta’s new terms may allow it to train AI on news sites for free

Meta has revised its business terms to permit crawling and scraping of websites associated with businesses that use its platforms, including news publishers. A Nieman Lab report says the clauses would let Meta use the external content to develop, improve, research, and train its AI products. Meta claims the change merely consolidates its commercial and self‑serve ad terms, but legal experts have raised concerns.

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