Meta Removes Clauses That Once Caused Concerns About Web Content Caching; AI Addresses Training Issues
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Meta recently updated its terms of commercial use, stating that the company may use enterprise account domain names, web pages, or any content from URL to support, develop, improve, research, train, and maintain the integrity of Meta products and services. Legal experts interviewed by Nieman Lab believe that this wording may grant Meta the authority to scrape any publisher's website that has an Meta enterprise account for use in training AI models. However, a spokesperson for Meta stated that the updated terms do not imply any change in the way Meta scrapes online content. Subsequently, The Verge reported that this term has now been deleted.
Meta has recently updated its terms of commercial use, stating that the company may "use the [enterprise account] domain name, web pages, or any content within URL to provide, develop, improve, research, train, and maintain the integrity of Meta products and services."
According to legal experts interviewed by Nieman Lab, this appears to be an "unusual clause" that could grant Meta the permission to scrape any publisher's website that has a Meta corporate account, and use the relevant content to train the company's AI model. (Although Meta won a highly publicized copyright infringement lawsuit last year, other cases against AI companies, including Meta, are still ongoing.)
However, a spokesperson from Meta insisted that the updated terms do not represent any change in the way Meta captures online content. Nowadays, according to reports from The Verge, this term has been deleted.
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