{
  "id": 15403065,
  "title": "Legal experts warn Meta's new terms still grant broad scraping permissions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/legal-experts-warn-metas-new-terms-still-grant-broad-scraping",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-18T10:21:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hacker News",
    "slug": "hacker-news",
    "url": "https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/legal-experts-warn-metas-new-terms-still-grant-broad-scraping-permissions-despite-language-changes/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Meta has revised its terms of service for business accounts, removing the word \"train\" while still permitting broad scraping of websites associated with those accounts. Legal experts warn this expansion of scraping permissions could supersede robots.txt files, leaving news organizations concerned. The new terms, effective October 30, will allow Meta to use scraped content for \"advertising and business products,\" though Meta has not defined what constitutes a business product. Even with the clarification that robots.txt preferences are respected, publishers are advised to remain vigilant.",
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  "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."
}