Legal experts say Meta's revised AI terms still allow scraping of news sites

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Meta has revised its business terms to remove wording that suggested it could freely train its AI models on news websites such as The Verge. Legal experts argue the changes do not go far enough, as language about content "associated with your products or services" could still permit scraping of entire sites. James Grimmelmann, a digital and information law professor at Cornell Law School, said the edit does nothing to restrict that phrasing. The original terms for business accounts had appeared to grant Meta permission to train its AI on news content. The updated terms are set to take effect on October 30th.

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