Meta’s new commercial terms will allow the scraping of news sites: experts
Article URL: https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/metas-new-commercial-terms-will-allow-the-scraping-of-news-sites-legal-experts-say/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50111852 Points: 302 # Comments: 113
Starting October 30, business accounts will allow Meta to crawl and collect content from websites associated with those accounts on Facebook, Instagram, or WhatsApp, according to the company's new commercial terms of use. The update will affect news publishers with business accounts, which allow companies or public figures to manage various Meta platforms from one place.
Legal experts warn that this provision could enable Meta to use content from news sites to train its AI products, potentially causing significant financial harm. Meta has not provided an option for business accounts to opt out of the new terms ahead of the October 30 implementation.
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