Policy · Updated 28 Oct, 09:45 pm IST

Meta may delay rollout of controversial business terms over AI concerns

Why it matters for readers: It explains why some news sites are worried about their articles being used to train AI and how Meta is responding.

Meta said it may delay enforcing new business terms beyond the November 20 deadline after publisher backlash.1
The terms were originally set to take effect on October 30 but were first delayed to November 20.1
Initial wording appeared to give Meta permission to train its AI on content from news sites used on Facebook and Instagram.1
Meta removed the explicit term “train” from the policy language, but legal experts say that change may not fully eliminate the risk of training on scraped content.1
Andy Stone, Meta’s communications head, said the company does not plan to change policy without full consultation with industry groups and leaders.1

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