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The key issue is that Meta's updated commercial terms would let its crawlers index sites tied to business accounts, with the data usable to train its AI, and there is no opt-out. For AI readers, this is a concrete case of how platform terms can become training-data consent, so the details of the scope and the lack of an opt-out matter more than Meta's "consolidation" framing.

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ZDNetOctober 16, 20263 min read

Meta Business Suite’s new terms allow web-crawling on publication sites, legal experts say. The change goes into effect on Oct. 30. Meta says the updated terms are a “consolidation” of pre-existing conditions. Meta’s new commercial terms allow its web scrapers, bots, and agents to crawl websites “associated with” Meta business accounts, including news publishers, according…

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