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Meta updates website terms to limit AI training
Meta removes AI training language from website terms, keeping crawler rights for publishers.
In brief
Meta removes AI training language from website terms, keeping crawler rights for publishers. Meta revised website terms to remove explicit permission for AI training but retains crawler access for publishers. Originally reported by mint.
Meta revises website terms
Meta updates website terms after backlash, removing language that suggested it could scrape content for ai training.
Effective date
The revised terms take effect on 30 october 2026, affecting all websites with at least one meta business account.
Key change
Meta removed explicit authorization for ai training, narrowing purposes to advertising and business products.
Crawler rights remain
Bots and crawlers can still access, index, and collect website content for meta's products.
Publishers' rights
Publishers can use robots.txt to signal preferences but this is not a legal enforcement tool.
What changed
The original terms allowed meta to use collected content for ai training, which triggered controversy.
What matters most
Meta revised website terms to remove explicit permission for AI training but retains crawler access for publishers.
