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Why it matters
Meta updates business terms to scrape publisher sites for AI training
The Verge AI Meta’s new terms may allow it to train AI on news sites for free
Meta updated its terms of service to allow scraping of websites associated with its platform business users to train future AI models.
Why it matters
Content on websites using Meta business tools can now be ingested to build AI models without separate licensing deals.
Latest brief · Oct 19, 2026