Meta weighs delaying its new business terms after publisher backlash over AI training on news sites

Summary

Meta's new terms appear to give it permission to crawl and scrape websites 'associated' with the businesses that use its platforms, including online publishers, and to use this outside content to 'develop, improve, research' and 'train', The Verge reported on Friday 16 October, citing a report from Nieman Lab and saying the terms would go into effect on October 30th. Ars Technica reported that Meta 'streamlined' its commercial terms of service and may use them to avoid millions in AI licensing fees, legal experts warning that it is an AI power grab. On 28 October The Verge reported that Meta says it will probably delay its controversial new business terms again and may push their implementation past November 20th as it faces backlash from publishers over concerns about AI training, Meta communications head Andy Stone saying in a post on X that the company does 'not plan to make policy changes without a full consultation with industry groups and leaders', and Engadget reported that the company says it won't make 'policy changes' until it consults with publishers.

Latest: Meta says it will probably delay its controversial new business terms again and may push their implementation past November 20th as it faces backlash from publishers over concerns about AI training, The Verge reported, Engadget writing that the company says it won't make 'policy changes' until it consults with publishers.

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