Meta May Delay Business Terms Beyond Nov. 20 as AI-Training Backlash Widens
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Updated · The Verge · Oct 28
Meta May Delay Business Terms Beyond Nov. 20 as AI-Training Backlash Widens
3 articles · Updated · The Verge · Oct 28
Summary
Meta said enforcement of its new business terms could slip past Nov. 20, leaving existing terms in place while it consults publishers and industry groups.
The delay follows objections that the terms could let Meta train AI models on content from news sites using Facebook and Instagram.
Meta already revised the language to remove an explicit reference to “train” scraped content, but legal experts said the change still did not clearly rule that out.
The terms were first set for Oct. 30 and then postponed to Nov. 20; pressure has since expanded from the News/Media Alliance to bipartisan criticism from Senators Marsha Blackburn and Adam Schiff.