Meta removes AI training clause after backlash over web scraping concerns
Meta has withdrawn a contentious provision from its commercial terms after legal experts warned it could be interpreted as granting the company wider rights to use website content for AI training. The company denies changing its web-crawling practices, insisting the revision does not override website owners’ preferences.
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- AI & gadgets
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- unnati gusain
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- Monday, 19 October 2026, 10:27 am IST
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