Meta drops the word "train" from its commercial TOS after AI backlash
Summary
Meta removed the word "train" from its commercial terms of service after experts raised concerns about the company using business page content for AI training without permission. Meta says the updated terms only allow limited data use for advertising and business products and that website owners can still use robots.txt files to limit data scraping.Key Facts
- Meta changed its commercial terms of service, removing the word "train" related to AI use.
- The terms allow Meta to periodically collect data from business users' websites to improve ads and business products.
- Experts worry Meta’s language is still broad and could allow extensive data use, including AI training.
- Meta says their updates do not change current web crawling practices and don’t give new rights over content owners’ preferences.
- Website owners can use a file called robots.txt to signal if they want to block data scraping.
- Complying with robots.txt is voluntary, and experts want Meta to explicitly respect these settings in their terms.
- Meta did not notify users about the change in terms before announcing them.
- Some legal experts believe the updated terms do not fully protect business page users from unwanted data scraping.
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