Meta to update website terms on 30 October
In short
Meta plans to update its website terms on 30 October. The new terms remove the explicit language that allowed crawled content to be used to train its products.
Meta will still allow automated crawling and collection, but for narrower uses like advertising, business products, and product security. It is not clear from the report what rights publishers will keep.
What the reporting says
Meta will update its website terms on 30 October, removing explicit language that authorized use of crawled content to train its products. The revised terms still allow automated crawling and collection, but narrow the stated purposes to advertising, business products and product security. The immediate consequence is a change in publisher-facing terms, while the reporting does not say whether publishers are given new opt-out rights.
Why it matters
Meta will update its website terms on 30 October, removing explicit permission for using crawled content to train its products. The revised language still allows automated crawling and collection for advertising, business products and product security. This matters to publishers and content owners, but the reporting does not say whether any consent or opt-out process changes.