Meta drops 'train' from new terms, but legal experts say broad scraping permissions remain
jonerp · x · 2026-10-25
After Nieman Lab exposed that Meta's new business terms would permit broad website scraping possibly for AI training, Meta revised them — removing the word 'train' and limiting uses to 'advertising and business products.' Legal experts warn the terms still grant sweeping scraping rights that could supersede robots.txt, a substantial expansion covering Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Threads and Messenger.
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