Meta's Terms Quietly Allow AI Training on Business Content — EU/UK Users Can Object
404 Media · rss · 2026-10-28
404 Media rounds up Meta's Commercial Terms update letting it use business-account content to "provide, develop, improve, research, and maintain" its products — first reported by Nieman Lab. Effective date pushed from Oct 30 to Nov 20 after backlash, and the word "train" was removed from allowed uses, though broad scraping leeway remains.
UK/EU users can object via Instagram's Privacy Center → "object" form; some have received approval emails.
Also: Open3DLabs says a Roblox crawler pulled 100+ GB from a 3D modeling community, including 60+ GB from adult site SmutBase, with no evidence it reached a model — but nobody checked, awkward for Roblox amid child-safety lawsuits.
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