Meta drops 'train' from business terms after scraping backlash
Meta · · Privacy & data
Ahead of terms taking effect on 30 October 2026, Meta removed wording that permitted using crawled website content to 'train' its products. A spokesperson said the changes applied only to advertising and business products. Legal experts said the terms still allowed broad scraping.
Why it counts
The wording was changed ten days before it took effect, while critics said the underlying permission remained.