Meta's new commercial TOS may let it train AI on linked site content, skipping licensing fees
Ars Technica AI · rss · 2026-10-16
Legal experts warn Meta will update its commercial terms on October 30 to require business accounts to allow AI training on the website content they link to, not just their social posts — with no opt-out except leaving Meta entirely. The change could cost news publishers millions in potential licensing fees, and appears designed to grant Meta sweeping permissions regardless of how the ongoing OpenAI fair-use litigation over AI training is decided.
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