Meta delays new business terms after publisher pushback on AI scraping
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TL;DR
- Meta has postponed the enforcement of its new business terms to November 20th.
- The delay follows backlash from global publishers concerned about AI scraping.
- Original terms, effective October 30th, were seen as potentially allowing Meta to scrape news sites for AI training.
- Meta removed language about 'training' its products, but legal experts remain concerned.
- The News/Media Alliance sent a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg demanding revisions.
- Digital advertisers and publishers in the EU and UK also urged regulators to halt the terms.
- Meta states the delay will allow more time to explain web crawlers and the use of robots.txt.