Meta delays new business terms to November 20 amid website-scraping concerns

Fast Company reports Meta postponed its updated commercial terms from October 30 to November 20, 2026, after publishers objected to language they say would permit broad scraping of websites tied to business accounts. A publishers’ trade group had demanded that Meta withdraw the terms a day before the delay. Meta told Fast Company it wanted more time to explain its web crawlers and how content owners can signal preferences using robots.txt; the disputed language appeared to remain in the terms.