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On October 19, Meta updated its business agreements, omitting a mention of utilizing content from business account websites for AI system training. The revised wording indicates that data gathering will facilitate advertising and business offerings. According to Meta representative Andy Stone, these modifications aim to clarify the extent of the terms. Initially, these changes were set to be implemented on October 30 and involved automated systems that access, index, collect, and analyze related web pages. Legal analysts referenced by Nieman Lab indicated that the new terms still seem to permit extensive data scraping, and preferences indicated in robots.txt files lack legal enforceability.
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00:00Meta removed AI training language from revised business terms after publishers and businesses pushed back.
00:06Publishers with Facebook or Instagram business accounts remain concerned about Meta collecting their website content.
00:12The company initially proposed terms, allowing automated tools to collect content from business accounts' associated websites.
00:20Business accounts faced an October 30th start date for the language that prompted the backlash.
00:25Meta then removed the word train and narrowed the stated uses to advertising and business products.
00:31Company spokesperson Andy Stone said the changes were not about scraping news sites.
00:36Legal experts told Neiman Lab, a journalism publication, that Meta still had broad website collection permissions.
00:44Danielle Coffey, CEO of publisher group News Media Alliance, called the rules outrageous and probably illegal.
00:51Meta's revised terms remove training language, but publishers' concerns about website scraping remain.
00:57Disclosure. This video contains stock footage and content created or enhanced using AI-assisted tools.

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