# Meta Removes 'Train' From Commercial Terms After Public Pressure

> Meta Platforms, Inc. revised its commercial Terms of Service on October 16, 2026, removing the word "train" from a clause that previously allowed content acquired through web crawling to be used for artificial intelligence model training, just days before the updated terms were to become effective on October 30, 2026.

By PrimaryBrief newsroom · Published 2026-10-20T20:43:27.569423Z
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Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta) adjusted its commercial Terms of Service (TOS) on October 16, 2026, by removing the explicit word "train" from a section detailing how content obtained via web crawling could be utilized for artificial intelligence (AI) model training [1]. This change occurred just days before the updated terms were scheduled to take effect on October 30, 2026 [1].

The alteration responds to considerable public and industry backlash, particularly from publishers and legal experts, who voiced concerns that the original language would permit Meta to train its AI models on third-party content without clear consent or compensation [1]. This incident highlights the growing influence of public and industry pressure in shaping the data acquisition policies of major technology companies [1].

## What the records show

The original commercial terms, which were set to become effective on October 30, 2026, had generated widespread alarm [1]. The contentious clause stated that Meta could "use automated software such as web scrapers, bots, robots, spiders, crawlers, and user agents and create test credentials to access, index, cache, analyze, collect, retrieve, or crawl the domains, web pages, or URLs, and any content available through them, that are associated with your products or services" [1]. Crucially, this collected content could be used to "provide, develop, improve, research, train, and maintain advertising and business products including business, commercial and related products" [1]. Publishers and legal communities raised concerns that this wording would allow Meta to train AI models on external content without explicit permission or payment, potentially bypassing `robots.txt` preferences [1]. The initial terms also allowed Meta to "periodically pull updates from such domains, web pages, or URLs" [1].

## The timeline

Meta’s initial commercial terms were publicized with an effective date of October 30, 2026 [1]. Following intense criticism from various groups, Meta announced its revision on October 16, 2026, removing the specific word "train" from the disputed clause [1].

## What changed and for whom

The primary change involves the removal of the word "train" from the clause describing the uses of crawled content [1]. The revised clause now states that Meta's automated data collection aims "to provide, develop, improve, research, and maintain advertising and business products, and to maintain the integrity and security of Meta Company Products" [1]. Meta defines "advertising and business products" broadly to include business, commercial, and related products that assist users in creating and delivering ads and other commercial content, provide information about their products and services, and connect them with interested users [1].

Legal experts and publishers, such as the News/Media Alliance, strongly opposed the original terms, with CEO Danielle Coffey calling them "outrageous and probably illegal" [1]. Their concerns encompassed intellectual property rights, data privacy, and the potential override of `robots.txt` preferences, which are not legally binding [1]. Sam Quigley, a spokesperson for the News/Media Alliance, pointed out that the revision only limits the *purpose* for which Meta can use content, not its *ability to crawl* and acquire it [1]. Legal analyses also suggest that terms like "develop" in the updated TOS might still be interpreted broadly enough to include AI training [1].

## What Meta has said publicly

Meta spokesperson Daniel Roberts clarified that the crawling terms were intended to apply "only to our ads and business products" and that the update "does not change how Meta uses web crawlers" [1]. Andy Stone, Meta's Vice President of Communications, also stated that the change was "not about scraping news sites" and that "these updates don't give us new rights that supersede those preferences" [1]. Both spokespersons consistently framed the revision as a "clarification" rather than a substantive policy change [1].

## What we could not confirm

PrimaryBrief could not confirm whether Meta will explicitly incorporate a legal commitment to honor `robots.txt` preferences in its terms [1]. We also could not confirm the definitive interpretation of terms like "develop" within the revised TOS, and whether this term might still allow for AI training under a broad reading [1].

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38. Facebook will close its News tab in April for US and Australia users - Neowin (neowin.net) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQEnK0HTtsJvOFynFoYTev1G3_JHj3Z3iTVifSY0XhN0fTLZdB6QArUh3uXvd3OpGrIW_B9VXJNPHlCuME3HPFfwB2nOd4spSmiNctTjwdTfHCSbcYMDBz7da39qkSb6eltf5x1183pwkpOvvruWZ2sxdvxfoJpm_-271bpfw1BBoZ0vyuQFZ84VgOcb46ehntOemxmICn1Vt_8EpY2W0LqgRBRGBkHY5J8
39. Facebook to drop news tabs in US and Australia due to falling demand - Euronews (euronews.com) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQGkRzPxVUDOMAzphnlx70QGZ31tvVUf2D2Al6OQ_PkhExdJLXAxlAtyB7iy9MuMhQpARR0Kcx0XIN5bjiVYEWkkcsAoBjrLiqObIbVoBiQjPMIxJv-BECPD9DOzyfWDaSEKvKEdjZgNroWFO_q_9qFbC3jJUjwamHqkKqhhWPCrDMJvPMjRIXPp3BIhmrUa7e1buQf40fjDDOioPCxmzhRKo5x8TExKbwM_XOfFcHUxgFtBjgdDxH4NFQ==
40. Facebook news tab closes in Australia and US - The Guardian (theguardian.com) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQGKZg7huNrmlNJcAqADBBJxAa_BqA3tuxluLghu2gbtRQrrfBy4vdmXTOavwrshiua5IR_UrIZ6QwvfANO5l-Lf1w7v_ZRwWJMplI3WpWa1GsMMA4iQ_sqtDcte41uAoTePxm_PXfFWd2H7keWe2SKbEW8WUFqUH_vA0uhIqI3QqNGUdMLAoD_ckqxu_h-oS582KvIVmfLmMTaUeDzjIY11dUdCVnLHRjI57LzT3j1Xj7rZ-Jm6aX5zZQw3nG==
41. Facebook is getting rid of its dedicated news tab - Fast Company (fastcompany.com) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQEqZnLlQ1uIrYywogmHmcOyJsqWdjdA23EdyGQ6xiiqRlZugpkteQFHld212jtFg6BQJ0t_LNyZEZ5Sv7irs96yPP4JjYuzrTCjcSHuOnHFQoxdjc2ZZGvClLCzg4-0LNa5lPAf7E2yxOyb8oyflIoKSO9uk3Rt2STNijmWoYn2CyxDvsA==
42. Meta's new terms of service let it scrape every website - Gizmodo (gizmodo.com) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQHQ-ko68zm9NIZ9jtvvqkZIz0QjPCgC1e9WDdQdkKjZqcgzm5DX7HGfms-6TJvqaFn1yCLkpRuOnae6bAKRjeAOrxI5_-2dkkP4iYB9je0jxzz0Xtxht9T5ou27K1QHWYkat__WfSoKOf27AAcaoZV-B1Cid3zFMSEneTtpQ0yrVbSkjExqZNiBxOzL1KTrJcsIt1NR2OuOVLxx
43. Meta's new terms of use for AI scraping "outrageous and probably illegal" - Matrimony Justice (matrimonyjustice.com) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQE6l-T82Z17eUVq9FmPA4eVg3o8-is1cLCIGn2TG-KYrDvudhQglvfnwgJJT-acitPm8KjSsWYkSnG4x8Efw6RHhOUbVrtFIHdRxkTYZ2P1T4eDg0diPyF2ZGNWGLhQau-mDK_uNhryukWOFf7p6ov8B9lIRfg1g2kdf95j3g==
44. Meta Revises AI Training Clause in Commercial Terms After Publisher Backlash - The Dayton Enquirer (thedaytonenquirer.com) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQG2ctKGltDq2zI-eljPIoBm61gw7Ue5q2ntKCaiaEC45eMf4nyW0rxE9ynf7-cQscQ43-BzVd5iwQRWa3r3Nx5lV4JfeStnvuHOmiFJHFZKcSJt2oAYP5qPf6yGtgvQzvNhQQF_KLWMZWxtebMhNKNFzmcB80KbrThETp_cIi2gHyqKPfZ7xiBXNuqYaxPlY8nhBRm02U_Fcg==
45. Meta's new terms would let it scrape news sites for AI training. Now it's walked that back (a little). - Quartz (qz.com) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQHAw-YCbdCSUuIgsnu8Hx5twGFekBgS7Bls63Ehx6sH7PBYmi37Y4hCcAHMjPr7R8CrGHUyLyQT3f5Z6pvBY3lXDb-9Q11_-C09RZiERLq4W-S8pgjqeHTOshCCz923zlDFLdIXLZPj77HslSCFlKsieHcswC23eE415ZhpnnGA==
46. Meta Updates Commercial Terms To Let It Train AI From Linked Business Websites Starting October 30 (newscord.org) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQEgBDKTpKMt3QwBXUep_D5c5n0XCfPVSIMN21tY8aDe71OkP_gZloHY1R0hOc9I4CJ-uFJToZRm17m-En-K291IATraGMzpGt2cm5nREdwkiXVqN6NBKSfRXTsO4vRljt4xXR_UDeMOGD2p09kuOEE7to3clblK14fxZPmJKtPY0VFW2U2-fuDnUKc02P-o1epeOuMSwVj4hiGMFK1PsCq39oVDAdd00bGmSMsmRzdu6NeDgGIwG8pBA6aI6Q8s-hXZJQHFP10Yk9BCepyAAnWgZD1Uco0I
47. Meta removes "train" from its AI terms of use after publisher warnings – FourWeekMBA (fourweekmba.com) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQEPNkAF_dFeBoKwVr4HE0BSBhd9p78vyfu6X95rzboYlhYRUtG-NmQIc-UcYSCwgMPqgXxjAL6hKwvhS6NMhoVBzq2at3KJjql-om6qVhIs1tEgOfrne7-IxjYO4MYLk5OWQ8Z4NCkWxw7fSLaL7f0mjKKT0ka1x-jy6k_0aXFDtLUrbsjUajv6O55NEWr9-0LJEA==
48. Meta says robots.txt preferences still block its crawlers. Is that good enough? - Anything Engine Optimization (anythingengineoptimization.com) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQEuDC7tLmHT59JmOvk-1gLg0KvpUEWfOvqs9Ze_AhjyuDK8KWcdG9NPuqDnDrbz05Qj57krccu5OVFq1hwbUCItF-UB42q98_BMlpxrxiHuR3hljP8SdU32ATedgnYfUfvm0cb22mp36I9-ah8XGwgmSpMEEAFze-yfQ_prjxXkLQC1lx0LaBmp3ex3aJzcc_EXlwNNkZXOoDjNM1tAwhl3gW3fIBhs-lY=
49. Meta Backtracks After Outrage Over Its Sneaky Website AI Scraping Clause - Android Headlines (androidheadlines.com) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQF4f09GtqDO2WRxZ_yWKvHpXqizHSqEea1CgdHy8kGPnKCzOfG4-tfWmewjGYSx5zHyCj8V-M1KxNWG0xQOJ3bNNX2RHVpDEtYaOIx_fVn2_UExO6DgmHuJqiRiftDwSDNj_HT5RWRkgAk8w9H8Cz_yoXpgF7kgoTOCy-5ysjTNBjJe_bPAiJXtKXeSViy2
50. Meta Removes 'Training' From AI Crawling Clause in Commercial Terms (searchenginejournal.com) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQHFvom3cG9R_bgQlOSM18WgDXaCY785HAfAZIiUHXx5-SqELxUmGSsYH1g2HC9cJtS7lReCAvT4v4l4DXfIN-FfdJrwYDR4qlYWbI2Puf8HTfGPD7Cp_A_l4WXvzq6kiXu_Sk4RcJkIVhVADeIYgB4TK2LF_zG4g2HdNqUacaNXlx1dOXmYt-OTORiWhJntU19MprC0iJy8F0RC
51. Meta's New Commercial Terms: AI Training on Scraped Business Websites - Startup Fortune (startupfortune.com) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQGhohu7w3LDhEES04GNKyrLcH2J-OXDCiTxk89xqE3K4iFUQ_5wcBaxUgMMmlCO1V6Aqxu3aBCX3IGqKzal073Mkfd2VKVmqf0xBy4KvCF8LtE1K5J3jyX14QJ8THBkxy4qiG5A1RNLZjnAjWlZi_DPf6hDGMwRqukn6-2JE2zXGqqTDhFh222bzenFIKxl-i65EbMFbLpwQCih
52. News/Media Alliance Statement on Changes to Meta Commercial Terms of Use - News/Media Alliance (newsmediaalliance.org) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQHSnJgsU2pk4If6t8lo4gFUTmlqPLMzoYkTwW_KvlU-kyO04al409tKijJvoZtvMDhXurU1UP-meB_LvCaw-kXE3u4xZ5RL48w4AlnyYO6NxEaZce69e9pLU6u1LvGBp3s-S1mWht6Nl9fB7Kuh5EgPQEgDjEmlIyb1CiUF-8tAl3Sq-rJl
53. Meta Will Stop Paying Publishers For News On Facebook, Reports Say - MediaPost (mediapost.com) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQF1GN68HKhck8MXTFmFjHRpNJhsB7mejk_FkQZDVNghPacQRtejwF4wUsn0Cyqaipcq82nVngVHPDgyj028DnXuOQRbiZ3Y3m9npiCgj74o3kf0fako41Nai6xO_NIF_gWZqkhEa-5p4GaILILnNlGUDtMBA2KoyW3GyJPlOJph_qJEWAw-2qbo22OyoaIQswMJVuljuScIYtKtghY8TOtAmdnEPNSEwvY5mW-u1B-TLQnRQ5HWc-c=
54. Meta tweaks its new terms of service after backlash against scraping - Engadget (engadget.com) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQFVFjKvUNog7VstWrlYSSy8zS_b1WL_WRpJux_R9PhIpv7S_vpvDL8d3q5jqhYz-Q9WfqLupM2FWx2_TrBAXWAz1LiruhQCWQdQIEsmQwf7cLYf4izGUSj2dG82uNNmYZ0_TiM8Lyijhod5QU84epSSK2pr_-uvozGCMVtl4t-1TRBfTOsZ5ciq-7tO2xxZb2tJXTmWd0fMftCD6qn8zKR0Jw==
55. Scoop: Meta officially cuts funding for U.S. news publishers - Axios (axios.com) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQEpRW5T8P8OVHwH-fEvQhVbawImT24Qo__IlsJLUPlyKkUHfTvvXNus_vd-dyiI2d7Ve1ZhO6VEZXhdh_73FqQQ9hv93Hu1mr3PkHTI6BtSiFGTB08O04Buw-SfWgmzdjAjxKu6S1O0jlj1ZfEC3F0p8RjMy5NWDWKoHRBJ
56. Meta Removes 'Train' From AI Terms After Publisher Backlash - ProPakistani (propakistani.pk) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQE8Q6TLuqy1KY18_DVtsb7yl61m_R2NKzLfS_aAGtzHNvgd3QbYdBm4tAwy3iSXCyUXgrlS18Q11ur61Ev7ePoVC8SvYxB9ATJJE7-32paAZhu2BeLbh_Oo4yaMpFs01nkXK86ZQHQ-DbC3ridS5lvCzI3-RwLIE-LZb85YG7AXLAl4NxtOZm1QcnkGF6ckLhtlCIMa
57. Meta will no longer pay US publishers for news content : r/technology (reddit.com) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQHkE-F86O5scwXZIk0KOFT4zqgJLRkY_0v-9NPHpLSb16BvcpXSG_0xrS4aD3kB5a1el01MLO3I4gjdqQQ6xnw3Trz3CExv9hx4Knm6jqbzNCMm8d4PxwOZyp6R181iEx9AubX918RbP5WGeeWOMCU1L3AYzzrG9a603w1jZijCDIsNQimMotyWBnqLYSOTxQqGeEEp9hU2yD0i1pIL0g==
58. Meta removes language that raised scraping and AI training concerns - Ground News (ground.news) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQGzYNWypXC1e405WaQcNNQOycytx_Ea8O1NSsGFdK4OIjlhqWpt4LY1g_rjsSk8u-TwdbN4ImZ1Odfp-2G0V_0i0-UbRvc9g-zyrsPictJ3co92-c5Cu8BzLxVKlY5IlE5u5t0bvqEOu21SAAM6hWu40H_Mz7IVSi7WawBRwLldqBN96sMsqvqwvAG7DQ==
59. Meta updates data scraping policy following criticism - Tanhow (tanhow.com) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQEErOggk4Yz7kCm6eAh_rKj4qo4xXlIUQQIqK9hv4H0uIumT0ftZf1UJWy_WRnYTXaBCfO19ydP9BlDBpY4ujEJ-fuFXccKQWYmAoEQZtHfVV9aq_TmMICxBOUi-7s5N5yx3Ul4sP-xqWbaPOMI2KG1Utb4trSxdg==
60. Meta removes "train" from its commercial terms after outcry - The Digital Free Press (thedigitalfreepress.com) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQHQjwoqyIe4eQav6FFie-HgPaneWbMVll51lK-jrYauPkVBxoeabi-VyYvQdqYBwyJCNrMo9m1TiKwFYtYgOw84O05u_-eSpSZLIPvbB6J8qUmt4a_eEG5PWDXDQiM3IGxxKqPTX7-hcbbVj7bDf_F1OBuZEvj7CiSk-aoOLoud_spTif3clvXKLs6I
61. Meta backtracks on broad scraping terms; publishers still concerned - Subsmorguila (subsmorguila.blog) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQFdECtOubTr8l_e-VGQA-OokkLmbjbk_ElaLz1NQ0yaZ--4EzJ6KNE3TYUi5iUSY8Fsy2qnqybIsMP5lQdxId7A_nH8piICMxcYSo_KLa70I1h4lS8lORbFxNNQ2gqkpD3HPlnS-LiaY7BSb55KSBD3BwbsDX0NxnBwicd6hYqEvicM
62. Meta backtracks on broad scraping terms; publishers still concerned - Suffleuse Cmar (suffleusecmar.pics) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQEY9TRAWE4LfSPIKF5yJnCvyM0T2E4W5TgD2S_PSkcH-NzxL_LIDDlODj-ejGt6jAwsF_GjfTGD3lEQpnKZlLYfxNMi6TCFR9bZbhIf6rK90TKMu_22dVHkKuQJ9cPs27Vdkm4Eo061U30PbbaTm4lnggSbMR0BKnoRg7-WnA==
63. Meta Slightly Tweaks Website-Scraping Terms After Criticism - Readmex.ai (readmex.ai) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQGrNhLNGInjaHNdLjHsotf_3plJihsWVTCrk0akbJyqeI6607qzhXozhyIj-Cc0RflXLKrq-plFOLdnNMccXXe6CFqXS3QOL_KQfT37hTvvKLLaJrltaki96y8jSWjQOW3i7VLA8PGV
64. Meta backs down, removes 'train' from its AI-related terms of service (digitaltrends.com) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQGJbSk0eF5hneO1-whVRxr4vzHKwxycTs_kCS_B3sPPxt8QC13ivLE8JF5EnkAD2SHtido5VLDitaCXrj2dP23N3LyhnMK5pY29FPCW-_QCn4y8AGXOs7eqc7uzLNc9s4_xupDi0t6cnHm7U8F7yZ3aqH7hLTx8qoeyxEKZw7d5UtPPr886BaKVz2niwKs4FPj3Qh6QA3lQtWkaCowaectUOhRda8HlIHslZkAchdLWwVE=
65. Meta backs off from scraping websites for AI training after outcry from publishers - Android Headlines (androidheadlines.com) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQHWGXk-LqPdr2DM8uVvx3_nyFw3Y9O3sANg5kYAuaWFHN85ar768qKzl3i2Asz3uHHgfcZiINDzl9m1kovLJ_8cg5KfBrjphJYb32a2_MUM28NJbtY-H_sZQ1W0h21KQbvbiQuLXjd46ravuqCwMIYJaepRth-XlfP52NdMRqqIFsQt5nrjdgPUAO155roS
66. CIO (cio.com) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQFPNOzN_Nmrw-Z-b-dUnxeq8ZABD5thBKQbi0oRpNlJ5kBmzIaTLmW1ZH30-xWzzTHknVhtniM66PP7cjpfq39yXshdq21nrpEgYSvl44Bt4CnhA1mRJTbq1-zkr3pYq_WzOAMQgQRiMa1fQc_LyYqQFG8kiGe8BtF1QgsgA9Xh54MeJsu_XLpXRD64VC7Wxf2ceffuWwbR7uSvAdf3rxAb0mcocnoVsKfNEGHkte-C_G9NLjZoIwSBTOwCJvQdxP-vRUUBoqrv_Q==
67. Meta updates terms of service amid concerns around data scraping (socialmediatoday.com) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQHB35fA_98jV1NkHH63fN3t7yoJ1dYZMjTHNcWso0Z37im8O1migYn4E7hWVcsH0wgU7lT3JB5CaM-u15cQZ7VpIFN-9IjCABkKd_BBBsOZ4znL_vi_xN-b7XG7VtfhRyLusmJL_BUGQM1HblyxuxVDIPZvCsbXR2wejkOO9S2Ml1-z-Tb45P5f-OIcRs90BGVcyD3wLyJh1G-NT4pWP4gRTgZpWdO-8l1R
68. Meta’s new commercial terms: the ‘outrageous’ clause that has publishers and legal experts reeling - Mumbrella (mumbrella.com.au) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQH5qDnJpdVNTt9mEobJ-wAr4UGkXtctpFchy2yTqZ_o0CSAd7cDNUUk0mWbwhu2ZQBECwIiB62Ce3SuF3-8VfP4j02mEIELvCRssJ4ynuYy-DFEYhxuYy59BUxZPA4Hs1cbvsPs-ShjSof85YivhnUuJcdV9PlRgb1ljcL3AGpBVEc5mtshqaQAUG_uKa79IIOoB5VHQ1JXIcdr
69. Facebook News tab is shutting down in US and Australia in April (apnews.com) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQEtLnkg5drJDKuBhGCi88hD9EbllHGwyZyxyQbL200paighKX81ypwYbp1bgGYjUUfPHygkN50cFtZDyT2UVf-Zuj_-PwAjF1G6LHPxTK4upp0USckUengcoOWUanbKh96Rzv7n721r0Sxw60ANz5rwCyyI9Pm_GLN5Nm4D1fQUneXfHgMlBM0O0HjoxzfDGY41DAURIQ==
70. Meta will shut down Facebook News in the US and Australia in April 2024 (neowin.net) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQETrAlv5-Jmdxc0LUku7ou0-mEzMW3gsKhD9N-GHx3z8yHEWO_IkA-ffU4eX2IjJ8kaXgdrdwUMRtAqmdQLYA79kFcJOWlUQPiAhD1DUUBoeaQMmdDJAETt3mE3rL7HEvaDJr0NVLeKMm-BQeeXpkMJ-QQCZa22hlIfULqJW1a-xbOkbg9LwVmQ248hUogsIdI-v41HRnZf-fP9i2QkY2p8WqL22QcIjdJJ9c=
71. Facebook to drop news tabs in US and Australia due to 'falling demand' | Euronews (euronews.com) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQGuDsTS_ho3iRSDffYxn2gu1jyo7x9tWQmnE60zB3NDf2CmGCukPgUkbkOH_J9tQuIxxzrJ3YjFvsj9oM0_DCPq-RdGXtFu63jlmGSBqD0ayY2lV2ADXPc-z6lnptRCmpt4-9ztsXy1fEm1zt2hdEw7VBickpZ1NKmtmEW_jB70mbkBpKSIewaIkRjoClrWx1WCL9btQa8joVNNXVhnJEQfZBk5m-DUgqAOL6RlJ663Oj89sdV8QRzr4Q==
72. Facebook news tab to be removed in Australia and US by April | The Guardian (theguardian.com) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQEUxGT5aXt4F_DOqQjADA09_kwIzRxN8O5ZSI9ZTn10K8xqC-s8geVkgEzhgBFT9KpKVR477YchXzDObuTTj4XJZclYe0SyVN1PywEb6Eo6gf5OaHh2-QgkxJvr1mzZTd0CkJ6iezgCYsvfhdLMSMlptvCHiFdrXk-6jvqgpnu3wtr2YXx4a40sddCCPzkREbzug5U-hRQUEEbz8wibfUy1ELJYg5Qn7aX_RXfDHzMhiZzUMM42BDsJj8HxRTciVeMmRA==
73. RIP News tab: 'People don't come to Facebook for news and political content' (fastcompany.com) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQFpen4IT8avHdsUy8GcbKLGbdPkhDkTceqNCkweq6dpwtxFll6F4eJQAatVfx7hs3pyPNInHBmSKF2FXdvErIwP9nVmR2BCaR7IIPp4z01xSaKrbu53YC_zwJANezwsJ3FRGX69BOQcXdYTV0G_qwmAJdHD50WcDp1s5jFgpLlkApVEr4k=
74. Publishers block AI training crawlers, but embrace AI search - Axios (axios.com) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQHjGAM0yzm_T2T3WyB16aPpo6sDD_9KbwAruYF0v74T_vREUAxGhVe4DSFUeNcP-5gwp3UeFrQVRjy43EpLLXpKeJCjQEFSf0Rgq7S472Q4JYR24i9LVxi3IW8gxeTS_5W7HwOuMAkJ3blQWnSV5BndnfKo8MaptUcExiCgnqwh0fZl31geXcFZaqMFIL828EVXnT_ffUH5cbKtjvwG8Qes
75. Meta backs down, removes 'train' from its AI-related terms of service (digitaltrends.com) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQFS25fcXu2MM4pKk6o2xSmZAF0kQsNBXWKgfHUJVubW5e-XWx-OZuklhRA57H9SbNNPLoGgGO0uoNczasdiuPOh3g1YtZ93u7IE4En0GSvnzLCDx2Y4EOmYN5exHSYPQZ6F6vpR7qgmM-QftMkyNhSHI-M_Ui3bhvtNq2Hg_iSsPRT3rSlp5CgZ_ZYfFrwsiSsNnSux_IVDmONBimR8BUt6jhw5x0Ub-nmSUQ==
76. Meta's Commercial Terms for Businesses on Oct. 30, 2026: The Latest Update - FourWeekMBA (fourweekmba.com) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQEe6r5FPUgQ0Mk9b-j95oqjQrZc7QeWD4TnmlDAA9qzkqh3kHKrDdaE_uq23SwiRQQxO5PgQ4x6NbJIS3U0jtbsmkyuL13o7EL4SnFe7iNmtBhHEhytv4NYWd-nimtzrKgaaPJR65hKb5iRI2MoQd9dbzxQpWcyd66z5f7Q5N0EQIk6fAzUdlHHBXotoLERARozkg==
77. Meta's response to AI scraping backlash does not address the core issue (engadget.com) — https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQHb_YcQYQZJgzonibH1GP9avkmnopSDqDMhKgYZBp9uAkr6cBGWOlcgMJEN5dY7hVNah3UuvtaoyH6ciu3ABYwC9e3mfAdw-F9A1kAo_k0eHpVXgbZOjJ04vb60w5KohBOEgwyTTvJYWSiLuay_KK-l1TWBMBgEEqLzPWPkiDz-8gh4cjv81GA_xTm-bizckbN9rp9Ut9_9uI9oTpsQ7gvwqg==
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80. Facebook parent company Meta announced on Thursday that the “News” tab will be removed from the social media site for users in the United States and Australia in April, date to be announced. As part of the change, Meta will cease paying publishers for content posted on the platform in Australia. (The company ceased such deals for American publishers in 2022.) The announcement came wrapped in euphemistic language, as Meta, parent company of Facebook, said in a statement, “In early April 2024, we  (thewrap.com) — https://thewrap.com/
81. Facebook stops paying US news organizations for news tab content ... stopped paying U.S. ... Meta threatens to remove US news content if new law passes. (facebook.com) — https://www.facebook.com/
82. Meta Will Stop Paying Publishers For News On Facebook, Reports Say - 07/29/2022. ... News publishers are being served the bad news that Meta will no longer pay for their content on Facebook's News Tab. They are free to publish content on Facebook—but they will not be paid for it, according to reports in the Wall Street Journal and Axios. The hit is a big one: Meta has paid more than $10 million to the Wall Street Journal, over $3 million to CNN, and more than $20 million to the New York Times, A (mediapost.com) — https://www.mediapost.com/
83. Facebook to cease payments to news publishers and remove News Tab from its platform in US and Australia in April 2024, following a similar move in UK, France, and Germany. Live TV · Share. Advertisement. facebook. A 3D printed Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta and Facebook logo are placed on laptop keyboard in this illustration taken on November 2, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration - RC2AMQ9S10OJ. By:Ankita Chakravarti. New Delhi,Mar 1, 2024 10:27 IST ... This action follows a similar depreca (indiatoday.in) — https://www.indiatoday.in/
84. Meta says it will take a number of days for news tab to be fully removed in Australia and the United States. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates; Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast · Josh Taylor and AAP. Mon 1 Apr 2024 19.53 EDT Last modified on Mon 1 Apr 2024 19.55 EDT. Share. Prefer the Guardian on Google. Facebook has closed down its news tab as its parent company, Meta, follows through with plans to reduce news content available on it (theguardian.com) — https://www.theguardian.com/
85. Meta $META revised its commercial terms for business accounts on Oct. 16, removing the word "train" from the permitted uses of content it scrapes from associated websites, according to Nieman Lab. The revision also narrows Meta's permitted use of the content to "advertising and business products," dropping the earlier coverage of every Meta product, according to Nieman Lab. The terms take effect Oct. 30, and business accounts have no option to opt out before then. Meta spokesperson Daniel Robert (qz.com) — https://qz.com/
86. The revised terms also state that businesses give permission for Meta “to periodically pull updates from such domains, web pages, or URLs” for use in its own training and research processes. The updated terms have apparently been revised to cover Meta in cases of business data usage amid ongoing questions around how Meta, and specifically Meta AI, accesses and uses third-party information within its systematic processing. Meta has faced several lawsuits over data scraping and use of copyright-pr (socialmediatoday.com) — https://socialmediatoday.com/
87. The Verge reports that Meta has removed language from its new commercial terms that legal experts said could let it scrape content from websites, including news sites, and use it to train its AI. The terms take effect on 30 October 2026. According to The Verge's report, Meta spokesperson Daniel Roberts said the crawling rules apply only to the company's advertising and business products, that the edit does not change how Meta's crawlers work, and that content owners can still use robots.txt to s (fourweekmba.com) — https://fourweekmba.com/
88. Meta strongly disputes the idea that this is a new AI training push. Spokesperson Daniel Roberts said the company is simply merging its commercial and self-serve ad terms and that there is no change to how it uses web crawlers. (aiparabellum.com) — https://aiparabellum.com/
89. Legal experts told Nieman Lab the terms could let Meta argue they override robots.txt blocks, and Meta said robots.txt still applies. On October 17, Meta removed the AI training language. Spokesperson Daniel Roberts says the crawling (badinfluence.news) — https://badinfluence.news/
90. More than 40% of top U.S. publishers block AI training crawlers, compared with just 25% that bar AI search crawlers, according to an Axios analysis. Why it matters: The data suggests publishers want their content to be discovered by generative AI search interfaces without giving it away to train the models powering them (axios.com) — https://axios.com/
91. Ben Berkowitz, who oversees newsroom AI operations at Axios, said that they are preparing for a GEO world by building up their reputation as an authoritative brand. “We spend an extraordinary amount of time thinking about all the ways that we interact with AI, how AI interacts with us, and how we feed and structure our content,” he said. Berkowitz says they've tested likely user queries and track how often they appear in AI citations. But this process remains highly experimental because LLMs ... (ox.ac.uk) — https://www.ox.ac.uk/
92. U.S. web traffic to roughly 100 of the world's top news sites fell to 47.6 million visits in August, down from about 68 million at its November 2024 peak, according to Similarweb data published by Axios. The decline — about 30% — anchors a Sept. 19 Axios story which says tech companies are shifting users away from traditional search and social platforms and toward AI interfaces, forcing publishers to adapt faster than anticipated. Axios says the pressure is contributing to layoffs and consolidat (mediacopilot.ai) — https://mediacopilot.ai/
93. It is not a new clarification. Nor does the preview mention robots.txt. Roberts said the updates "don't give us new rights that supersede those preferences." The contract text neither carves robots.txt out nor overrides it. It is silent. Meta's own words to The Verge, then, describe a document that PPC Land could not find. That leaves the statement as a description of intent, which was also the status of Stone's denial on October 16. Smaller discrepancies. The ... Who: Meta and spokespeople Andy (ppc.land) — https://ppc.land/
94. Legal analysts at Nieman Lab described the provision as “remarkable,” suggesting it could allow Meta to scrape any publisher's site—including news outlets—when the publisher holds a Meta business account, and to use that material to train its artificial-intelligence models. The wording raised concerns that the clause might override a site's robots.txt instructions, a point highlighted by scholars at Neiman Lab and by James Grimmelmann, a professor of digital and information law at Cornell Univer (drooid.social) — https://drooid.social/
95. The removal addresses specific language on Meta's commercial terms page that previously stated the company could use content from any domain or URL to "develop, improve, research, train, and maintain" its products. This broad phrasing led to widespread concern that Meta intended to bypass robots.txt exclusion directives—the standard protocol websites use to signal which parts of their content should not be crawled by search engines or AI agents. Meta's leadership has maintained that the language (geoaiglobals.com) — https://geoaiglobals.com/
96. ' — per Andy Stone and Daniel Roberts via The Verge — and Roberts' post-removal statement says the terms 'only applied to our ads and business products' and 'don't give us new rights that supersede those preferences.' Fourth layer, the actionable part is Meta's own line: 'As always, content owners can use robots.txt to signal their preferences.' — one check every site owner can run, whatever the legal fight settles. Why it is worth publishing ... Meta frames the removal as a clarification of con (aitopic.org) — https://aitopic.org/
97. Meta's Response: A Clarification, Not A Change In Crawling. Meta disputed the interpretation from the start. A company spokesperson insisted the updated terms did not reflect a change in how Meta crawls the web, and communications vice president Andy Stone said the update was meant to pull accurate product information for advertising and content recommendations, not to scrape news sites. After removing the provision, Meta said in a statement: “We've heard you and want to clarify: the crawling te (geroundtable.com) — https://geroundtable.com/
98. Meta has revised its pending Commercial Terms, which take effect October 30, 2026, to remove a sentence stating that the company could use content crawled from websites tied to business accounts to train Meta Company Products. The revised text was in place on Meta's legal website by October 17, 2026, after a day of public criticism of the original wording. What the Revised Terms Now Say. The Commercial Terms govern access to or use of Meta Company Products for business or commercial purposes. Th (unite.ai) — https://unite.ai/
99. Meta's updated commercial terms explicitly address web crawling for advertising and business products, specifying how businesses' websites can be accessed and used for AI training. These changes are significant for companies relying on strict control over their web content and those interested in how AI systems utilize web data. Overview of Meta's Revised Crawling Clause. Meta's new Commercial Terms, effective October 30, revise the previous clause on crawling websites related to a company's pro (adsroid.com) — https://adsroid.com/
100. “The revised version drops the word 'train' and states that collection is just for developing and maintaining advertising and business products, alongside protecting Meta products' integrity and security.” But dropping the word “train” is “not a substantive fix,” he pointed out. “The revised terms are still flexible enough to cover most AI work. When combined with other aspects of the revised terms — continued use equals consent, broad indemnity, AS-IS disclaimer, and Meta's freedom to discontin (cio.com) — https://cio.com/
101. The explicit use of the term “train” is no longer in the terms, and the new document emphasizes “advertising and business products.” But—also according to the Mercury News—one of the new policy's prominent critics, News/Media Alliance spokesperson Sam Quigley, said of the new policy, “It appears as if the new language just limits what Meta is allowed to use publisher content for, but not their ability to crawl and get the content in the first place.” ... That's right: If a business uses Meta for (gizmodo.com) — https://gizmodo.com/