Meta Pauses New Business Terms After Data and AI Backlash
Meta has put off the rollout of new terms for its business accounts after strong criticism. Critics warned the changes could allow unauthorised data scraping and give an unfair edge against news publishers. A Norwegian court has also issued an injunction on the terms, which blocks them for now.
Context
Meta owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, and AI companies need huge amounts of online content to train their models. Fights over who may collect that data are part of a wider global debate on AI, copyright and publisher revenue.
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