24 October 2026
Meta postpones new business terms over fears of AI scraping news sites
First reported
The Verge ran this on , a day before the next source picked it up.
- Meta has delayed its new business terms from October 30 to November 20, after publishers objected.
- The original terms let Meta crawl and copy content from business pages, and may have allowed its use for AI training.
- Meta removed the explicit AI-training wording, but the News/Media Alliance still demanded withdrawal of the terms.
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