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Engadget · October 24, 2026 · On the brief until November 7, 2026

Meta is delaying its controversial new business terms amid scraping concerns

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Crawling partner websites for product development and training

Meta delayed its updated commercial terms to November 20 following backlash from publishers over automated web scraping. The proposed rules let Meta crawl websites tied to platform business accounts, which prompted antitrust complaints. Meta removed explicit mentions of AI training while asserting that publishers can use robots.txt to signal crawler preferences.

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The dispute highlights the tension between platform terms of service and business partners resisting automated data extraction.

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