Meta removed the word 'train' from its new business terms.
Meta revised its new commercial terms on Friday after a Nieman Lab report on how it could crawl business websites. The old text let Meta use content from sites tied to its business accounts to train its products. Legal experts say the new wording still allows broad crawling, and it takes effect on October 30.
Why it mattersAlmost every news outlet and many shops run a Meta business account, so their websites fall under these terms. Meta says sites can still block its crawler, but experts note that such blocking is voluntary.
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