Meta’s AI could still scrape news sites, legal experts say

Meta revised its business terms to remove language saying it would "train" its AI on content from sites linked to business accounts, after backlash from the publishing industry. Legal experts told Nieman Lab the changes are insufficient, since the terms still let Meta use scraped content to "develop" any "business product," a term they say is undefined and broad enough to include training. Meta spokesperson Daniel Roberts said content owners can use robots.txt to signal preferences and the update doesn't grant rights that supersede them.