{
  "id": 15231188,
  "title": "Meta removes ToS language that suggested it could scrape websites \"associated with\" business accounts, saying it applied only to \"ads and business products\" (Terrence O'Brien/The Verge)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/meta-removes-tos-language-that-suggested-it-could-scrape-websites",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-17T15:50:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/1013409/meta-removes-language-that-may-have-allowed-it-to-scrape-news-sites"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Language that experts say allowed the scraping of news sites to train its AI has been removed from Meta's terms.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Experts say Meta's new terms of use will allow scraping of websites, including news sites, \"associated with\" business accounts on its platforms, with no opt out (Nieman Lab)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/experts-say-metas-new-terms-of-use-will-allow-scraping-of-websites",
        "published": "2026-10-15T21:00:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Register",
        "title": "Meta grants itself right to scrape content from business customers for model training",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/meta-grants-itself-right-to-scrape-content-from-business-customers",
        "published": "2026-10-16T20:00:42.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}